Abstract The research used independent variables of word-colour congruence (IV) and strategy manipulation (IV2) to find out if such strategies and stimuli affected word recognition among respondents. The independent variables were strategy, strategy manipulation, word-colour congruence, and word-colour incongruence. The result [F (1, 66).478, p =.492] showed lack of interaction effects between word-colour and strategies. There was the main effect of significance value in manipulation of strategies as [F (1, 66) 9.608, p =.003]. In conclusion, word-colour congruence and strategy manipulation have faster response rate in word recognition. Introduction In the past decades, scholars have believed that recognition of words happened automatically without the need for additional features and resources for successful recognition (Stroop, 1935; Besner and Stolz, 1999). Contrary to this observation, recent studies have shown that word recognition is fast and certain, but still, there are needs for extra materials for attention (Kellas, Ferrarro and Simpson, 1999). According to Carr, Davidson, and Hawkins, a strategic approach to word recognition and attention resources indicated that there are influences on recognition of words (Carr, Davidson and Hawkins, 1978). In addition, studies by Manelis, Henderson, Neely, Keefe, and Ross also supported this observation (Henderson, 1982; Neely, Keefe and Ross, 1989; Manelis, 1974). On this regard, a study by Widau, McMickell, Juola, Milota, and Simpson showed that people can “automatically identify words during lexical access and word recognition and the activation happens strategically contingent upon task demands” (Milota et al, 1997). This implies that people who have developed reading skills possess strategic control of different coding and recoding processes that we assume influence observed word recognition to the extent that they can recognise such words, or ignore them if such words have negative effects on reading outcomes. Mario and Ryan looked how word manipulation with regard to stimuli can have effects on word recognition performance (Mario and Ryan, 1990). This also accounted for various strategies that people may use and their flexibility when processing lexical items. In this experiment, we shall observe the word-colour congruence and existence of strategy manipulation in Stroop task. If these interactions exist, then word-colour and strategy manipulation would be significant. Thus, we shall prove that word recognition relies on colour and strategies. On the other hand, if no strategy or colour manipulation exists, then we shall conclude that word recognition occurs automatically without external factors manipulation. We can also illustrate whether changes in manipulation strategies or colour congruence affect word recognition. Such evidence can support the idea that readers can control external effects from their abilities to recognise words. Experimental hypotheses Based on the research detailed above, the following hypotheses were formulated to determine whether response time is affected by word-colour congruence, strategy manipulation or the interaction of both. H 0 : (Null hypothesis) predicts no difference of effec