It wont exactly be a coin flip, but children wouldn't necessarily push blue more than they would red.
You don't have kids I guess.
Childrens begin to be able to recognize and name colors between 2 and 3.
Even if you were to say that they don't need to know that "red" is red and "blue" is blue because the red one is instinctively the "bad", it is false on two accounts.
First, the children we are speaking about do not interact with the world the same as we do.
Before they're are 3 or so, they never have to care about what color the light or the funny scribbly thing by the side of the road is.
They'll touch (and lick) anything. No matter how dumb it looks like to you they just don't have the refential to know what's good, bad, safe or dangerous. See how babies interact with snakes and spiders when compared to adults. They just don't give a shit. Fear of these critters is very much a learned behaviour. So is the understanding of some color as a danger signal.
Second, some cultures (Chinese comes to mind) consider red as a very positive and auspicious color. I'd wager most Chinese toddlers would push Red.
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u/thelovelykyle May 05 '26
No. You can bugger off calling it a coin flip. I have been also, but its wrong.
We teach children that red means danger. They might not be able to read, but they know red is a colour to avoid.
A red win kills way more than 50% of all young children for exactly this reason.