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32 - Affect-related influences on color perception

from Part VIII - Psychological effects on color perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

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Michael D. Robinson ,
Tianwei Liu  and
Jessica L. Bair
Edited by
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
Affiliation:
University of Sussex
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Handbook of Color Psychology , pp. 660 - 676
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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