Does colour say something about emotions?: Laypersons' assessments of colour drawings

Arts in Psychotherapy

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-119

  Jue, Juliet ^a   Kwon, Seok Man ^b  

^a Han Yang Cyber University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Achromatic; Chromatic; Colour; Drawing test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DRAWING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84872575050     PISSN: 01974556     EISSN: 18735878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aip.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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