The ink decides the answer
Each word has two properties: what it says and the color it is printed in. The Stroop practice asks for the ink color.
Here BLUE is printed in blue. Both properties agree, but the rule is still to name the ink. The answer buttons use color names, not colored swatches.
Keep the rule when they disagree
This word says BLUE, but the letters are red. Choose Red. Reading the word aloud would give the wrong answer for this task.
Use the same ink rule on matching and mismatched words. You do not need to switch rules when the word changes.
Look at the letters, not their meaning
The word and ink disagree again. Identify the color of the letters, then select that color name below.
Try it
Which answer names the ink color?
- Red
- Blue
Show the answer
Blue
Correct. The ink is blue. The word RED supplies the competing color name, but it does not change what the task asks you to report.
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