A comparative study of color preferences in Japan, China and Indonesia, with emphasis on the preference for white

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-128

  Saito, Miho ^a,b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

ADULT; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; JAPAN; MALE; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030203521     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1996.83.1.115     Document Type: Article

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