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Graham Nardone clarifies the impact of objects and color on emotions in TS4

“I’d like to clear up one common misconception I keep seeing…

Being in proximity of color does not impact a Sim’s emotions. Being in a blue room won’t make your Sim sad.  Wearing a red dress won’t make your Sim flirty. The Sims 4 has never functioned that way.

Our designers can, in specific cases, create objects or special pieces of clothing that enhance an emotion that a Sim is already feeling… For example, a painting with a sad theme could have an impact on a nearby Sim who is already feeling sad.

The color of an object, a piece of clothing, or… heck, even your wallpaper… won’t automatically push a nearby Sim into a different emotion.”

-Graham Nardone’s Twitter

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UPDATE: I asked him what specifically triggers a Sim’s emotions, if colors and objects do not, and he responded!

“There’s a large variety of ways to change a Sim’s emotion. I shared how color does not impact emotions, but using objects in different ways is certainly one way to influence emotion.”