An ecological valence theory of human color preference

Stephen E. Palmer and Karen B. Schloss
PNAS May 11, 2010 107 (19) 8877-8882; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0906172107

  1. Edited* by Paul Kay, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved January 13, 2010 (received for review June 5, 2009)

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vol. 107 no. 19 8877-8882
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0906172107
PubMed: 
20421475
Published By: 
National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue May 11, 2010.
  • Published first April 26, 2010.

Author Information

  1. Stephen E. Palmer1 and
  2. Karen B. Schloss
  1. Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

  1. Edited* by Paul Kay, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved January 13, 2010 (received for review June 5, 2009)

Footnotes

  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: palmer{at}cogsci.berkeley.edu.

  • Author contributions: S.E.P. and K.B.S. designed research; S.E.P. and K.B.S. performed research; S.E.P. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; K.B.S. analyzed data; and S.E.P. and K.B.S. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • ↵*This Direct Submission article had a prearranged editor.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.0906172107/-/DCSupplemental.

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Stephen E. Palmer, Karen B. Schloss
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences May 2010, 107 (19) 8877-8882; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906172107
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