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19 - Color emotion and color harmony

from Part V - Color symbolism and association

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

By
Li-Chen Ou
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. 401 - 418
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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