Color meaning and context: Comparisons of semantic ratings of colors on samples and objects

Color Research and Application

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-50

  Taft, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Associations; Color; Color meaning; Connotations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010745914     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199702)22:1<40::AID-COL7>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Review

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