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It is impossible to study color psychology without studying the language and its way to indicate colors. The language is such an essential factor in human existence that color preception inevitably bears its mark. For not only do color terms develop on the basis of color impressions, but conversely is color perception to a certain extent determined by the color vocabulary.
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Kouwer, B.J. (1949). The Naming of Color Impressions. In: Colors and Their Character. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8906-4_2
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