Effects of interior colors on mood and preference: Comparisons of two living rooms

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 509-524

  Yildirim, Kemal ^a   Hidayetoglu, M Lutfi ^b   Capanoglu, Aysen ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AFFECT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 79959774675     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/24.27.PMS.112.2.509-524     Document Type: Article

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