A Cross-Cultural Look at the Emotional Response to Color: Implications for the Field of Art Therapy
Graduation Date
Spring 2010
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Document Form
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Degree Granting Institution
Notre Dame de Namur University
Program Name
Art Therapy
Dean
Arnell Etherington, PhD, MFT, ATR-BC
First Reader
Laury Rappaport, PhD, ATR-BC
Second Reader
Gwen Sanders, MFT, ART-BC
Abstract
Abstract not available
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Comments
The following survey-based research looks at the emotional response to color from the following cultural perspectives: Asian Americans, Caucasian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Middle Eastern Americans, African Americans, Indian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans and Multi-Racial Americans, as well as the associations each group has with each color. It was hypothesized that different cultural groups would have different emotional responses colors. This hypothesis was not proven, however there were interesting findings with associations attached to the colors red, gray and blue that showed a difference in response based on culture.