My jaw droped when I read "RED HAMMER", because it was the same tool and color I thought.
Here is my theory: the math puzzles make your mind to focus only in logic, loosing contact with reality for a while. When you're asked to think of a tool and a color, I agree that HAMMER is a very common tool, probably it was the first one to be invented by our ancestors, since it is just an extension of our arm. When you're asked to think of a color, the association with the previous tool is inevitable, but first I thought "RED", then I said "RED HAMMER". RED is probably a very common color, besides, red, brow or orange are the best colors to be applied to a hammer.
If we were asked to think of a color first, then a tool, I guess the colors would vary a lot.
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