Connotative meanings of color names and color hues.
1968
J E Williams, and
J W Foley
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D003116
Color
The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light.
Colors
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012659
Semantic Differential
Analysis of word concepts by the association of polar adjectives, e.g., good-bad, with the concept, father. The adjectives are usually scaled in 7 steps. The subject's placement of the concept on the adjectival scale indicates the connotative meaning of the concept.