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- Handbook of Color Psychology
- Handbook of Color Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Foundations: basics of color science
- Part III Development of and differences in color vision
- Part IV Color categorization
- Part V Color symbolism and association
- Part VI Color preferences
- Part VII Color effects on psychological and biological functioning
- Part VIII Psychological effects on color perception
- Part IX Color phenomena
- Index
- References
Part VIII - Psychological effects on color perception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2016
Book contents
- Handbook of Color Psychology
- Handbook of Color Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Foundations: basics of color science
- Part III Development of and differences in color vision
- Part IV Color categorization
- Part V Color symbolism and association
- Part VI Color preferences
- Part VII Color effects on psychological and biological functioning
- Part VIII Psychological effects on color perception
- Part IX Color phenomena
- Index
- References
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