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28 - Color and face perception

from Part VII - Color effects on psychological and biological functioning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

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Ian D. Stephen  and
David I. Perrett
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Andrew J. Elliot ,
Mark D. Fairchild  and
Anna Franklin
Andrew J. Elliot
Affiliation:
University of Rochester, New York
Mark D. Fairchild
Affiliation:
Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
Anna Franklin
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University of Sussex
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Handbook of Color Psychology , pp. 585 - 602
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