The Emotional Significance of Color in Television Presentations

Media Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-355

  Detenber, Benjamin H ^a   Simons, Robert F ^b   Reiss, Jason E ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0141684267     PISSN: 15213269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S1532785XMEP0204_02     Document Type: Article

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