The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

Domicele Jonauskaite; Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek; Ahmad Abu-Akel; Abdulrahman Saud Al-Rasheed; Jean-Philippe Antonietti; Arni Gunnar Asgeirsson; Kokou Amenyona Atitsogbe; Marodegueba Barma; Daniel Barratt; Victoria Bogushevskaya; Maliha Khadidja Bouayed Meziane; Amer Chamseddine; Thammanard Charernboom; Eka Chkonia; Teofil Ciobanu; Violeta Corona; Allison Creed; Nele Dael; Hassan Daouk; Nevena Dimitrova; Cornelis B. Doorenbos; Sergejs Fomins; Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero; Augusta Gaspar; Alena Gizdic; Yulia A. Griber; Gina M. Grimshaw; Aya Ahmed Hasan; Jelena Havelka; Marco Hirnstein; Bodil S. A. Karlsson; Stephen Katembu; Jejoong Kim; Nikos Konstantinou; Eric Laurent; Marjaana Lindeman; Banu Manav; Lynn Marquardt; Philip Mefoh; Aleksandra Mroczko-Wasowicz; Phillip Mutandwa; Georgette Ngabolo; Daniel Oberfeld; Marietta Papadatou-Pastou; Corinna M. Perchtold; Alicia Perez-Albeniz; Niloufar Pouyan; Tanjir Rashid Soron; Maya Roinishvili; Lyudmyla Romanyuk; Alejandro Salgado Montejo; Aygun Sultanova; Ramiro Tau; Mari Uuskula; Suvi Vainio; Veronica Vargas-Soto; Eliz Volkan; Grazyna Wasowicz; Suncica Zdravkovic; Meng Zhang; Christine Mohr

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101350

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The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

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The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries

Domicele Jonauskaite, Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek, Ahmad Abu-Akel, Abdulrahman Saud Al-Rasheed, Jean-Philippe Antonietti, Arni Gunnar Asgeirsson, Kokou Amenyona Atitsogbe, Marodegueba Barma, Daniel Barratt, Victoria Bogushevskaya, …

Journal of environmental psychology, Vol.66, p.101350

01/12/2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101350

Abstract

Environmental Sciences & Ecology

Environmental Studies

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Psychology

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Science & Technology

Social Sciences

Across cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We focus on a prime example - the association of yellow with joy, - which conceivably arises because yellow is reminiscent of life-sustaining sunshine and pleasant weather. If so, this association should be especially strong in countries where sunny weather is a rare occurrence. We analysed yellow-joy associations of 6625 participants from 55 countries to investigate how yellow-joy associations varied geographically, climatologically, and seasonally. We assessed the distance to the equator, sunshine, precipitation, and daytime hours. Consistent with our hypotheses, participants who live further away from the equator and in rainier countries are more likely to associate yellow with joy. We did not find associations with seasonal variations. Our findings support a role for the physical environment in shaping the affective meaning of colour.

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Title: The sun is no fun without rain: Physical environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries
Creators - without role: Domicele Jonauskaite - University of Lausanne
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek - Alexandria University
Ahmad Abu-Akel - University of Lausanne
Abdulrahman Saud Al-Rasheed - King Saud University
Jean-Philippe Antonietti - University of Lausanne
Arni Gunnar Asgeirsson - University of Akureyri
Kokou Amenyona Atitsogbe - University of Lausanne
Marodegueba Barma - University of Lomé
Daniel Barratt - Copenhagen Business School
Victoria Bogushevskaya - Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Maliha Khadidja Bouayed Meziane - Polytechnic School of Algiers
Amer Chamseddine - Supreme Council Of Health
Thammanard Charernboom - Thammasat University
Eka Chkonia - Tbilisi State Medical University
Teofil Ciobanu - University of Lausanne
Violeta Corona - Universidad Panamericana
Allison Creed - University of Melbourne
Nele Dael - University of Lausanne
Hassan Daouk - Mar Elias St,Dar Elbayda Bldg, Bayrut, Lebanon
Nevena Dimitrova - University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
Cornelis B. Doorenbos - University of Fribourg
Sergejs Fomins - University of Latvia
Eduardo Fonseca-Pedrero - Universidad de La Rioja
Augusta Gaspar - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Alena Gizdic - Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Clin & Hlth Psychol, Barcelona, Spain
Yulia A. Griber - Smolensk State University
Gina M. Grimshaw - Victoria University of Wellington
Aya Ahmed Hasan - Alexandria University
Jelena Havelka - University of Leeds
Marco Hirnstein - University of Bergen
Bodil S. A. Karlsson - Res Inst Sweden AB RIse, Div Built Environm, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stephen Katembu - University of Nairobi
Jejoong Kim - Duksung Womens Univ, Dept Psychol, Seoul, South Korea
Nikos Konstantinou - Cyprus University of Technology
Eric Laurent - Bourgogne Franche Comte Univ, Lab Psychol, Besancon, France
Marjaana Lindeman - University of Helsinki
Banu Manav - University of Lausanne
Lynn Marquardt - University of Bergen
Philip Mefoh - University of Lausanne
Aleksandra Mroczko-Wasowicz - CognIT
Phillip Mutandwa - Midlands State University
Georgette Ngabolo - Univ Omar Bongo, Dept Psychol, Libreville, Gabon
Daniel Oberfeld - Copenhagen Business School
Marietta Papadatou-Pastou - National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Corinna M. Perchtold - University of Graz
Alicia Perez-Albeniz - Universidad de La Rioja
Niloufar Pouyan - University of Lausanne
Tanjir Rashid Soron - Telepsychiat Res & Innovat Network, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Maya Roinishvili - I Beritashvili Ctr Expt Biomed, Lab Vis Physiol, Tbilisi, Georgia
Lyudmyla Romanyuk - Taras Shevchenko Natl Univ Kyiv, Fac Psychol, Kiev, Ukraine
Alejandro Salgado Montejo - Univ La Sabana, Escuela Int Ciencias Econ & Adm, Chia, Colombia
Aygun Sultanova - Minist Hlth, Natl Mental Hlth Ctr, Baku, Azerbaijan
Ramiro Tau - University of Geneva
Mari Uuskula - Tallinn University
Suvi Vainio - University of Helsinki
Veronica Vargas-Soto - University of Lima
Eliz Volkan - Cyprus Int Univ, Dept Psychol, Nicosia, Cyprus
Grazyna Wasowicz - Kozminski University
Suncica Zdravkovic - University of Novi Sad
Meng Zhang - Zhejiang University
Christine Mohr - University of Lausanne
Publication Details: Journal of environmental psychology, Vol.66, p.101350
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 7
Grant note: 17-29-09145 / Russian Foundation for Basic Research; Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR); Spanish Government BES2016REK03 / Bergen Research Foundation POLAP1175055; 100014_182138 / Swiss National Science Foundation; Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) AkzoNobel Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Limited
Identifiers: 9946823908331
Academic Unit: King Saud University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article