The emotional connotations of color: A qualitative investigation

Color Research and Application

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 406-410

  Clarke, Tom ^a   Costall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color connotations; Emotions; Semi structured interview

Indexed keywords

COLOR CONNOTATIONS; EMOTIONS; QUALITATIVE METHODS; SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 50449100333     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: 15206378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.20435     Document Type: Article

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