Do we feel colours? A systematic review of 128 years of psychological research linking colours and emotions

D Jonauskaite, C Mohr - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2025 - Springer
Colour is an integral part of natural and constructed environments. For many, it also has an
aesthetic appeal, with some colours being more pleasant than others. Moreover, humans …

[HTML][HTML] Flowers–Sunshine for the soul! How does floral colour influence preference, feelings of relaxation and positive up-lift?

L Zhang, N Dempsey, R Cameron - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2023 - Elsevier
The natural environment is increasingly valued for its positive effect in retaining/restoring
good mental health. Landscape architects are now challenged to embed therapeutic …

Feeling blue or seeing red? Similar patterns of emotion associations with colour patches and colour terms

D Jonauskaite, CA Parraga, M Quiblier… - i …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
For many, colours convey affective meaning. Popular opinion assumes that perception of
colour is crucial to influence emotions. However, scientific studies test colour–emotion …

What color do you feel? Color choices are driven by mood

D Jonauskaite, B Althaus, N Dael… - Color Research & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Popular opinion holds that color has specific affective meaning. Brighter, more chromatic,
and warm colors were conceptually linked to positive stimuli and darker, less chromatic, and …

Daltonization or colour enhancement: potential uses and limitations

J Lillo, H Moreira, L Abad, L Álvaro - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The main perceptual-cognitive limitations of CDOs (Colour Deficient Observers) are
analysed, along with the uses and limitations of tools that either transform images so that …

The impact of color preference on adolescent children's choice of furniture

L Jiang, V Cheung, S Westland… - Color Research & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely believed that children will choose furniture that has the same color as their
preferred color. Furthermore, for different categories of furniture, the color they preferred for …

Investigation of color‐emotion associations of the university students

Ü Demir - Color Research & Application, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to research the effect of the interface background color choice on the
emotion of university students. The study group consisted of 929 Turkish students studying …

A comparative analysis of colour–emotion associations in 16–88‐year‐old adults from 31 countries

D Jonauskaite, D Epicoco… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
As people age, they tend to spend more time indoors, and the colours in their surroundings
may significantly impact their mood and overall well‐being. However, there is a lack of …

The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

D Jonauskaite, AM Abdel-Khalek, A Abu-Akel… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Across cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that
one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We …

Young people's colour preference and the arousal level of small apartments

A Jiang, X Yao, C Hemingray… - Color Research & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely believed that people have preferences in relation to the colour of their interior
environment. With the development of the global small apartment industry, it is important to …