The findings of this study show that people in general perceive color emotions for multicoloured images in similar ways, and that observer judgments highly correlate with the predictive model recently proposed in image retrieval. Images were judged by observers on three emotion factors: heat, weight, and activity. Interobserver agreement obtained for the heat factor are … Continue reading Heat, weight and activity in multicolored images
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Temperature and colour wavelength
A clear correlation has been established between a feeling of temperature and the wavelength of a colour. Psychological research shows that the subjective experience of colour temperature changes abruptly to cold when the limit of value above 120° CIELAB (NCS R50B) has been exceeded. The same sudden change occurs around 330° CIELAB (NCS G50Y) when the … Continue reading Temperature and colour wavelength
Protective and cozy interior
As a colour for interior, brown appears positive. It is the colour of rustic materials such as wood, leather and unbleached wool. Although spaces with brown furniture and carpets appear smaller, they also provide a sense of security. Brown rooms are experienced as cozy because brown provides the ideal climate indoors. It is the colour … Continue reading Protective and cozy interior
‘Energy’ and colour in Germany
Energy: red 38%, orange 18%, yellow 16%, gold 7%, ... Heller (1989)
The colour of ‘warm’ in 9 countries
Most countries have a dominance of orange, followed by red or yellow. In Russia dominant are yellow and pink. Jung et al. (2018)
Cold/warm suggestion of depth
The perceptual and psychological effects of the cold / warm contrast indicate that warm colours tend to appear to the front in an image, while cool colours tend to fall behind. In classical landscape paintings, for example, the blue colour was applied to suggest depth and distance. (Michiels, DSD 2021)
Reward Dependence
Reward Dependence reflects a heritable bias in the maintenance of behaviour in response to cues of social reward. It is observed as sentimentality, social sensitivity, attachment, and dependence on approval by others. Reward Dependence corresponds with Eysenck's introversion-extraversion trait. Low Reward Dependence: independent, non-conformist, practical, tough-minded, cynical, unwilling to share their intimate feelings with others, … Continue reading Reward Dependence
Body temperature, time of day and extraversion
Introverts have a higher temperature in the morning but by late afternoon and evening extraverts have the higher body temperature. (Blake, 1967)
Cold and warm colours
The distinction between cold and warm colours is very old, rooted in the language about colours (Berlin & Kay, 1969) and is perceptually important. Psychological research at the University of Padua into the cold / warm qualities of colours shows that the subjective colour temperature experience changes abruptly when the limit of the hue values … Continue reading Cold and warm colours
Three colour factor emotional values
Color temperature, color weight and color activity.
Colour temperature terminology
Colour temperature parameters
Warm and cold colours, cultural differences
Culturally, small variations in the choice of warm and cold colours have been identified