The journal of Cyberpsychology & Behavior studied what colour won online matches on Unreal Tournament 2004 using the colours red and blue. Many people know of the Halo spoof called Red vs. Blue, and they decided to see which colour usually wins. The winner was red winning at 55% of the time.

Like any good video game research, which generally uses dated games for its findings, the journal of Cyberpsychology & Behavior studied the outcome of 1,347 online matches, using Unreal Tournament 2004.

The results proved less neutral than gamers might expect, with red players winning 55 percent of the time over blue. According to neuroscientist Mihai Moldovan of the University of Copenhagen, this is because red is a distracting color for men, thus blue teams struggle more for kills.

A similar study conducted by British scientists in 2005 found that one-on-one athletes who wore red during the '04 Olympics were more likely to win than those who didn't, presumably due to the aggressive nature associated with the color.

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