Emotion-color associations in the context of the face

Christopher A.  Thorstenson; Andrew J. Elliot; Adam D. Pazda; David Ian Perrett; Dengke Xiao

doi:10.1037/emo0000358

Emotion-color associations in the context of the face

Christopher A. Thorstenson, Andrew J. Elliot, Adam D. Pazda, David Ian Perrett, Dengke Xiao

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Abstract

Facial expressions of emotion contain important information that is perceived and used by observers to understand others’ emotional state. While there has been considerable research into perceptions of facial musculature and emotion, less work has been conducted to understand perceptions of facial coloration and emotion. The current research examined emotion-color associations in the context of the face. Across four experiments, participants were asked to manipulate the color of face, or shape, stimuli along two color axes (i.e., red-green, yellow-blue) for six target emotions (i.e., anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise). The results yielded a pattern that is consistent with physiological and psychological models of emotion.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1032-1042
Journal	Emotion
Volume	18
Issue number	7
Early online date	27 Nov 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000358
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018

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Emotion
Color
Face
Association

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