A computer-implemented method of automatically measuring an emotion or a tone in received electronic text, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving, at a processor, a selected color scheme chosen for the electronic text, the color scheme selected to indicate an intended emotion or an intended tone intended for future electronic text that is to be received;
- receiving, at the processor, actual electronic text;
- measuring, by the processor, an estimated emotion or an estimated tone for the actual electronic text;
- comparing, using the processor, the estimated emotion or the estimated tone to the intended emotion or the intended tone;
- and
- responsive to a mismatch between the estimated emotion or the estimated tone and the intended emotion or the intended tone, transmitting, by the processor, an alert to a display device that indicates the mismatch.