Associations with colors are a rich source of meaning, and there has been considerable
interest in understanding the capacity of color to shape our functioning and behavior as a …

Color is a ubiquitous perceptual stimulus, yet relatively little empirical and even less
theoretical work exists on color and psychological functioning. The research that has been …

Color is a ubiquitous perceptual stimulus that is often considered in terms of aesthetics. Here
we review theoretical and empirical work that looks beyond color aesthetics to the link …

Recent, well-controlled studies in cross-language color naming and cross-language tests of
color memory and learning have made important contributions to our understanding of …

Color may not only be pleasing to the eye, but may also carry important associations
relevant for psychological functioning. Two experiments were conducted to test for basic hue …

In the early 1960s, B. Berlin and P. Kay argued that there are commonalities of basic color
term use that extend across languages and cultures, and probably express universal …

Color is a ubiquitous perceptual experience, yet little scientific information about the
influence of color on affect, cognition, and behavior is available. Accordingly, we have …

Is the “striped” appearance of the rainbow a construct of our higher mental processes or is it
determined at an early perceptual level by the organization of human color vision? If your …

People perceive colors categorically. But what is the role of the environment (or nurture)—
specifically, language—in color perception? The effects of language on the way people …

We examined categorical effects in color appearance in two tasks, which in part differed in
the extent to which color naming was explicitly required for the response. In one, we …