Handbook of Color Psychology

A multidisciplinary, integrative volume featuring comprehensive coverage of the exciting and burgeoning area of color psychology.

Andrew J. Elliot (Edited by), Mark D. Fairchild (Edited by), Anna Franklin (Edited by)

9781107043237, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 17 December 2015

762 pages, 75 b/w illus. 92 colour illus. 15 tables
25.5 x 18.7 x 4 cm, 1.63 kg

'This valuable compendium of current research is impressive in both scope and quality of contributions. There is nothing else like it in the field of color studies.' C. L. Hardin, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University, New York

We perceive color everywhere and on everything that we encounter in daily life. Color science has progressed to the point where a great deal is known about the mechanics, evolution, and development of color vision, but less is known about the relation between color vision and psychology. However, color psychology is now a burgeoning, exciting area and this Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of emerging theory and research. Top scholars in the field provide rigorous overviews of work on color categorization, color symbolism and association, color preference, reciprocal relations between color perception and psychological functioning, and variations and deficiencies in color perception. The Handbook of Color Psychology seeks to facilitate cross-fertilization among researchers, both within and across disciplines and areas of research, and is an essential resource for anyone interested in color psychology in both theoretical and applied areas of study.

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction and overview Andrew J. Elliot, Mark D. Fairchild and Anna Franklin
Part II. Foundations: Basics of Color Science: 2. Color models and systems Mark D. Fairchild
3. Fundamentals of color vision I: color processing in the eye Andrew Stockman and David H. Brainard
4. Fundamentals of color vision II: higher-order color processing Karl R. Gegenfurtner and Robert Ennis
5. Evolution of color vision and its reflections in contemporary mammals Gerald H. Jacobs
6. Some philosophical questions about color Don Dedrick
Part III. Development of and Differences in Color Vision: 7. Emergence and early development of color vision and color perception Marc H. Bornstein
8. Color vision changes in normal aging John L. Barbur and Marisa Rodriguez-Carmona
9. Individual differences in color vision Michael A. Webster
10. Color vision deficiencies Neil R. A. Parry
Part IV. Color Categorization: 11. Universality of color categorization Paul Kay
12. Color categorization across cultures Jules Davidoff
13. Development of color categorization Anna Franklin
14. The meaning of color words in a cross-linguistic perspective Anna Wierzbicka
Part V. Color Symbolism and Association: 15. Early color symbolism Ian Watts
16. Symbolic use of color in ritual, tradition, and folklore John B. Hutchings
17. Color in camouflage, mimicry, and warning signals Martin Stevens, Lina Maria Arenas and Alice E. Lown
18. Use of color in warnings Michael S. Wogalter, Christopher B. Mayhorn and Olga A. Zielinska
19. Color emotion and color harmony Li-chen Ou
20. Do metaphors color our perception of social life? Brian P. Meier
Part VI. Color Preferences: 21. Ecological aspects of color preference Karen B. Schloss and Stephen E. Palmer
22. Biological, cultural, and developmental influences on color preferences Anya Hurlbert and Angela Owen
Part VII. Color Effects on Psychological and Biological Functioning: 23. The role of color in the voluntary and involuntary guidance of selective attention Charles L. Folk
24. Color and mate choice in non-human animals James P. Higham and Sandra Winters
25. Color in romantic contexts in humans Adam D. Pazda and Tobias Greitemeyer
26. Color in competition contexts in non-human animals Joanna M. Setchell
27. Color in achievement contexts in humans Markus A. Meier, Russell A. Hill, Andrew J. Elliot and Robert A. Barton
28. Color and face perception Ian D. Stephen and David I. Perrett
29. Eating with our eyes: on the color of flavor Charles Spence
30. Non-visual effects of colored light Mark S. Rea and Mariana G. Figueiro
Part VIII. Psychological Effects on Color Perception: 31. Memory effects on color perception Christopher Witzel and Thorsten Hansen
32. Affect-related influences on color perception Michael D. Robinson, Tianwei Liu and Jessica L. Bair
Part IX. Color Phenomena: 33. Color appearance phenomena and visual illusions Garrett M. Johnson
34. Synesthetic experiences of color Jamie Ward.

Subject Areas: Neurosciences [PSAN], Cognition & cognitive psychology [JMR], Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Social, group or collective psychology [JMH], Psycholinguistics [CFD], Philosophy of language [CFA]