Aesthetic preferences for combinations of color and music

Author(s): Hassen, J. L.

Journal/Book: Percept Mot Skills. 1997; 85: PO Box 9229, Missoula, MT 59807. Perceptual Motor Skills. 960-962.

Abstract: 135 university undergraduates heard 12 preludes from J. S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier (Vol. 1) while viewing alternating red, yellow, green, and blue colored lights. Their task was to rank-order the lights according to how well they ''matched'' the music. Preferences for combinations of color and music differed depending on whether the music was in a major or a minor key. The present findings along with those of some earlier studies suggest that aesthetic experience may be heightened when colors are seen that match the mental images music evokes.

Note: Article Polzella DJ, Univ Dayton, Dept Psychol, 300 Coll Pk, Dayton,OH 45469 USA

Keyword(s): HEARING

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