Linking objective design factors with subjective aesthetics: An experimental study on how structure and color of websites affect the facets of users' visual aesthetic perception

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 375-389

  Seckler, Mirjam ^a   Opwis, Klaus ^a   Tuch, Alexandre N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aesthetic perception; Aesthetics measures; VisAWI; Visual aesthetics; Web design factors

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DESIGN; LUMINANCE; WEBSITES;

AESTHETIC PERCEPTION; AESTHETICS MEASURES; DESIGN FACTORS; VISAWI; VISUAL AESTHETICS;

WEB DESIGN;

EID: 84925607162     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.02.056     Document Type: Article

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