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Why is it difficult for you mind to register a word such as " Green, Blue, Red, Purple, ect. " if the word is written in a different color such as " Green is written in Purple ink, Blue is written in Red ink, Red is written in Green ink, and Purple is written in Blue ink "

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Because we aren't used to that and because the word blue means the color blue so it should be blue but instead it's red.
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because your reactions and brain are confused as to which it should react to first, the colour or the written colour.
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