The science of style: In fashion, colors should match only moderately

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Gray, Kurt ^a   Schmitt, Peter ^a   Strohminger, Nina ^b   Kassam, Karim S ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; COLOR COORDINATION; COLOR VISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FASHION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREND STUDY; TURKIC PEOPLE; COLOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84904497429     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102772     Document Type: Article

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