Colour psychology and colour therapy: Caveat emptor

Color Research and Application

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-234

  O'Connor, Zena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

color theory; health; physiology; psychology

Indexed keywords

CHEMISTRY; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; COLOR THEORY; LUSCHER; MASS MEDIA; POPULAR CULTURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

COLOR;

EID: 79954482020     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: 15206378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/col.20597     Document Type: Article

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