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Hochman, Sidney H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Color, Discrimination Learning
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Kay, Paul; McDaniel, Chad K. – Language, 1978
Recent empirical research into the meaning of words for color provides evidence that contradicts two widely held beliefs in linguistics and the philosophy of language. This paper presents a summary of this evidence, uses it as a basis to construct a general model of basic color-term semantics, and explores the implications of this model for…
Descriptors: Color, Language Universals, Lexicology, Linguistic Theory
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Offenbach, Stuart I. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1983
Results of four related studies revealed (1) a trend toward better differentiation of the color attribute from four years through college-age; and (2) a possible stage of development, occurring before children can organize stimulus values conceptually or multidimensionally, in which they are able to organize or "dimensionalize" stimulus values…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Color, Perception Tests
Baker, Patti R.; And Others – 1986
A study was conducted to investigate the comprehensibility of microcomputer-generated color graphics that are displayed on monochromatic monitors. Subjects were 64 second, third, and fourth graders who were randomly assigned to one of two conditions. Children in the first treatment were asked to identify, on a monochrome monitor, a figure that was…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Children, Cognitive Style, Color