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The Meanings of Color
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(1962). The Meanings of Color. The Journal of General Psychology: Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 89-99.
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“Moreover, bright and saturated colors are more stimulating and pleasurable than grayscales (e.g., Guilford & Smith, 1959; Valdez & Mehrabian, 1994; Wright & Rainwater, 1962).”
From Is life brighter when your phone is not? The efficacy of a grayscale smartphone intervention addressing digital well-being (2024) · cites this paper as Wright & Rainwater, 1962
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A Cross-Cultural Study of the Affective Meanings of Color
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A study of colour emotion and colour preference. Part I: Colour emotions for single colours
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Music–color associations are mediated by emotion
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“Similar dimensions are frequently obtained in MDS solutions of many other emotional stimuli (22, 23, 25, 26).”
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“…design and architecture, systematic effects of color on emotion are frequently assumed (e.g., Adams & Osgood, 1973; Greene, Bell, & Boyer, 1983; Heller, 2008; Meerwein, Rodeck, & Mahnke, 2007; Schaie, 1961; Schauss, 1985; Suk & Irtel, 2010; Valdez & Mehrabian, 1994; Wright & Rainwater, 1962).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wright, B., & Rainwater, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- ORCID
- Wright, Benjamin
- Venue
- The Journal of General Psychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1962-07
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 89-99
- ISSN
- 0022-1309 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-0888
- OpenAlex
- W2125208217
- Cited by
- 168
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 2.17
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journal of General Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Color perception and design
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Color Science and Applications
- Keywords
- color perception, meanings of colour, color symbolism, color psychology
- MeSH terms
- Color
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