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Lüscher color preferences of Arctic Inuit and of southern Canadians. 1998

Z Z Cernovsky, and J Haggarty, and P Kermeen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

A comparison of color preferences based on the Lüscher Color Test was made for 21 Inuit residing within the Arctic circle and those of 49 residents of Southern Canada. These two groups have been raised in radically different physical and cultural environments. We expected that such factors could influence color preferences; however, no statistically significant differences were found in relative preferences for blue, green, red, yellow, purple, brown, grey, and black for our data based on Lüscher's scoring and those on our own scoring system independent of Lüscher's theory and scoring.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D011594 Psychometrics Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures. Psychometric
D002170 Canada The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.
D003116 Color The visually perceived property of objects created by absorption or reflection of specific wavelengths of light. Colors
D003118 Color Perception Mental processing of chromatic signals (COLOR VISION) from the eye by the VISUAL CORTEX where they are converted into symbolic representations. Color perception involves numerous neurons, and is influenced not only by the distribution of wavelengths from the viewed object, but also by its background color and brightness contrast at its boundary. Color Perceptions,Perception, Color,Perceptions, Color
D003119 Color Perception Tests Type of vision test used to determine COLOR VISION DEFECTS. Color Perception Test,Perception Test, Color,Perception Tests, Color,Test, Color Perception,Tests, Color Perception
D004930 Inuit Inuktitut-speakers generally associated with the northern polar region. Aleuts,Eskimos,Inuits,Inuk,Inupiats,Kalaallits,Aleut,Eskimo,Inupiat,Kalaallit
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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