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Metadata
- Authors
- Guilford, J. P., & Smith, P. C.
- ORCID
- Smith, Patricia C.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 1959-12
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 487
- ISSN
- 0002-9556 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2318177504
- Cited by
- 264
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The American Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Color perception and design
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Color Science and Applications
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Categorization, perception, and language
- Keywords
- color preference, color perception, color psychology, color theory
- MeSH terms
- Color, Humans
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