Finding Neymar: The Role of Colour in the Detection and Discrimination of Football Kits

Burnell, L and Thompson, P (2021) Finding Neymar: The Role of Colour in the Detection and Discrimination of Football Kits. Perception, 50 (7). pp. 615-626. ISSN 0301-0066

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Abstract

Association Football (hereafter football) is a fast-moving sport in which rapid decisions need to be made; where are other players, are they on my team? Two experiments investigated how kit variations affect the search of teammates. Experiment 1 confirmed that discriminability is slower when playing in crossed kits (e.g., red shirts-blue shorts vs. blue shirts-red shorts), versus uniform kits (e.g., all red vs. all blue). Experiment 2 found that there is significant confusion when both teams wear the same-coloured shorts. Based on these findings, we suggest changes to the Laws of the game concerning kit colours.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Science & Technology; Social Sciences; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Ophthalmology; Psychology; Psychology, Experimental; visual search; football; visual detection; perception; kit colour; shirts; Humans; Color Perception; Color; Football; football; kit colour; perception; shirts; visual detection; visual search; Color; Color Perception; Football; Humans; 1701 Psychology; 1702 Cognitive Sciences; Experimental Psychology
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV561 Sports
Divisions:	Sport and Exercise Sciences
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date of acceptance:	16 November 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access:	10 November 2022
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2022 12:35
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2022 12:45
DOI or ID number:	10.1177/03010066211019370
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/18094

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