Aesthetic preferences for color/music combinations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1997
Publication Source
Perceptual and Motor Skills
Abstract
135 university undergraduates heard 12 preludes from J.S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier (Vol. 1) while viewing alternating red, yellow, green, and blue colored lights. Their task was to rank-order the lights according to how well they “matched” the music. Preferences for combinations of color and music differed depending on whether the music was in a major or a minor key. The present findings along with those of some earlier studies suggest that aesthetic experience may be heightened when colors are seen that match the mental images music evokes.
Inclusive pages
960-962
Volume
85
Issue
3
Peer Reviewed
yes
Keywords
Experimental Aesthetics, Chromesthesia
eCommons Citation
Polzella, Donald J. and Hassen, Jodi L., "Aesthetic preferences for color/music combinations" (1997). Psychology Faculty Publications. 104.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/104
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