Extending Color Psychology to the Personality Realm
Interpersonal Hostility Varies by Red Preferences and Perceptual Biases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19280879 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adam K Fetterman (0000-0001-5957-7670, North Dakota State University, corresponding author), Tianwei Liu (0000-0003-0426-4786, North Dakota State University), Michael D Robinson (0000-0003-1429-9069, North Dakota State University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 106-116 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jopy.12087 |
| PMID | 24393102 |
| PMCID | PMC4085135 |
| OpenAlex | W1499332610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 70 |
The color psychology literature has made a convincing case that color is not just about aesthetics, but also about meaning. This work has involved situational manipulations of color, rendering it uncertain as to whether color‐meaning associations can be used to characterize how people differ from each other. The present research focuses on the idea that the color red is linked to, or associated with, individual differences in interpersonal hostility. Across four studies ( N = 376 undergraduates), red preferences and perceptual biases were measured along with individual differences in interpersonal hostility. It was found that (a) a preference for the color red was higher as interpersonal hostility increased, (b) hostile people were biased to see the color red more frequently than nonhostile people, and (c) there was a relationship between a preference for the color red and hostile social decision making. These studies represent an important extension of the color psychology literature, highlighting the need to attend to person‐based, as well as situation‐based, factors
Cognitive psychology · Color vision · Hostility · Interpersonal communication · Interpersonal perception · Perception · Personality · Preference · Situational ethics · Social perception · Color perception and design · Multisensory perception and integration · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Pastel color does not modulate viewers’ emotions in audiovisual projects
Approach in green, avoid in red? Examining interindividual variabilities and personal color preferences through continuous measures of specific meaning associations
Hue, brightness, saturation, and caption description
Of Tooth and Claw
Right and Left
Reproductive Decisions
Sexual Selection
Principled moral sentiment and the flexibility of moral judgment and decision making
On the accuracy of personality judgment
Effects of color on emotions.
The information available in brief visual presentations.
Dominance, aggression and testosterone in wild chimpanzees
How (and where) does moral judgment work?
Experiencing Physical Warmth Promotes Interpersonal Warmth
Blue or Red? Exploring the Effect of Color on Cognitive Task Performances
Why Good Guys Wear White
Color and psychological functioning
Color Psychology
An ecological valence theory of human color preference
An experimental analysis of ultimatum bargaining
Basic color terms
Anger as Seeing Red
A unified theory of implicit attitudes, stereotypes, self-esteem, and self-concept
Psychometric and Geometric Characteristics of the Revised Interpersonal Adjective Scales (IAS-R)
Hostility, Anger, Aggressiveness, and Coronary Heart Disease
A Three‐Factor Model of Trait Anger
Quarrelsomeness in Daily Life
Basic hue-meaning associations
The Effect of the Color Red on Avoidance Motivation
The color red reduces snack food and soft drink intake
The effect of the color red on consuming food does not depend on achromatic (Michelson) contrast and extends to rubbing cream on the skin
Facial Skin Coloration Affects Perceived Health of Human Faces
Romantic red
Sweet taste preferences and experiences predict prosocial inferences, personalities, and behaviors
In competitive interaction displays of red increase actors' competitive approach and perceivers' withdrawal
Another look at New Look 1
Profiting from controversy
A psychological taxonomy of trait-descriptive terms
Circular reasoning about interpersonal behavior
The Aggression Questionnaire
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |