The relation with area proportion (size of the coloured object) appears to be most significant for the heavy / light colour emotional scale. This creates a relationship of meaning between the colour quality heavy / light and the shape quality large / small. (Wang, 2007)
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‘Autumn’ and colour in Germany
Autumn: brown 55%, gold 16%, orange 10%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Artificial’ and colour in Germany
Artificial: purple 23%, silver 18%, gold 15%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Arousal, excitement’ and colour in Germany
Arousal, excitement: red 33%, orange 20%, yellow 13%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Aromatic’ and colour in Germany
Aromatic: brown 27%, orange 20%, green 16%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Angulated’ and colour in Germany
Angulated: grey 18%, black 18%, silver 15%, .... Heller (1989)
‘Anger’ and colour in Germany
Anger: red 55%, black 15%, ... Heller (1989)
‘enigmatic’ and colour in Germany
Ambiguity: pink 34%, red 16%, white 13%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Airy’ and colour in Germany
Airy: white 37%, yellow 18%, pink 17%, .... Heller (1989)
‘Agressivity’ and colour in Germany
Agressivity: red 50%, black 10%, yellow 10%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Age’ and colour in Germany
Age: grey 32%, black 22%, brown 20%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Adapted’ and colour in Germany
Adapted: grey 33%, brown 25%, white 7%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Activity’ and colour in Germany
Activity: red 28%, orange 18%, yellow 15%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Accuracy’ and colour in Germany
Accuracy: white 23%, blue 20%, black 17%, ... Heller (1989)
‘Achievement’ and colour in Germany
Achievement: blue 20%, gold 18%, red 15%, ... Heller E. (1989)
Arousal, time of day and extraversion
Introverts are more aroused in the morning and extraverts are more aroused in the evening. (Revelle et al., 1980)
Amount of activity as an indication of the extraversion personality threat
High activity is a characteristic of the extrovert and low of the introvert.
Anger in movement
Sawada, Suda and Ishii (2003) investigated the relationships between the characteristics of arm movements (such as speed, strength, directness) and emotional expression. They found anger is depicted with fast and powerful movements.