Because young children disregard writing on the spine of a book, researchers chose to run a test on color preferences in books. In a library situation young children see most books from a spine-out angle; thus when allowed to select a book by themselves, the first characteristics noticed are size and color. This study is based on the hypothesis…

Four retroactive inhibition (RI) experiments involving the AB, AC (same stimuli, different responses) paradigm were conducted to determine whether learning the original list (OL) and the interpolated list (IL) under different color-context conditions (different) would reduce RI relative to learning both lists under the same context conditions…

The main objective of the present investigations was to determine whether or not young human infants see the physical spectrum in a categorical fashion as human adults and animals who possess color vision regularly do. (Author)

The technique of priming was used to study the nature of the mental representations generated by color names. (Editor)

By using a modified Color Meaning Test in which alternative evaluative criteria (animal type as well as animal color) are available, this study examines the hypothesis that children evaluate the color white as positive and the color black as negative. Results with primary school children suggest that the addition of other criteria decreases the…

Reports a series of experiments that give evidence for retention of information about color in very short-term visual memory, commonly termed "iconic memory". (Author)

Describes collagraph printmaking, which offers many opportunities for exploration of a diversity of materials to achieve exciting effects in print. (Editor/RK)

Two experiments investigated the effects of color coding sounds in Thai syllables on the acquisition of pronunciation responses and on transfer to syllables which are not color coded. (Author/DEP)

Provides a concise review of research and literature on the relationship between sex differences and art preference. (Editor)

Examined length of fixation time responses of neonates to pairs of red, blue, and green acetate stimuli. (Author)

Two different methods which minimize achromatic cues were used to test the ability of one-month-olds to discriminate gray from broadband blue. Test data imply an improvement between birth and one month of age in the discrimination of gray from broadband blue. Possible physiological changes underlying this improvement are discussed. (Author/RWB)

Examines whether Nigerian adolescent girls are more likely to demonstrate superior performance in a task involving cultural differences in visual selective attention preference for color over form than boys are. Students (N=100) completed the Visual Selective Attention Color-Form Matching Experiment. Results confirmed the hypothesis. (BH)

Explains the composition of the Vowel Colour Chart, a system for teaching Canadian English vowels in which each sound is represented by a color, the color word being the key word for that vowel sound. Suggests practical ways to use the chart with learners of English as a second language. (SED)

Explains the physical principles which result in various colors of the sky. Topics addressed include: blueness, mystical properties of water vapor, ozone, fluctuation theory of scattering, variation of purity and brightness, and red sunsets and sunrises. (DH)