Academic Articles
In Press
Jonauskaite, D., Epicoco, D., Al-rasheed, A. S., Benzon Aruta, J. J., Bogushevskaya, V., Brederoo, S., Corona, V., Fomins, S., Gizdic, A., Griber, Y. A., Havelka, J., Hirnstein, M., John, G., Jopp, D. S., Karlsson, B. S. A., Konstantinou, N., Laurent, E., Marquardt, L., Mefoh, P., … Mohr, C. (2023). A comparative analysis of colour-emotion associations in 16-88-year-old adults from 31 countries. British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12687 (full text)
2024
Epicoco, D., Mohr, C., Uusküla, M., Quiblier, M., Bouayed Meziane, M. K., Laurent, E., Spagnulo, G., & Jonauskaite, D. (2024). The PURPLE mystery – Semantic meaning of three PURPLE terms in French speakers in France, Switzerland, and Algeria. Color Research & Application, 49; 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22908 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., & Thorstenson, C. A. (2023). Special collection: Color and emotion. Color Research & Application, 49, 218-221. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22911 (full text)
2023
Weijs, M. L.^, Jonauskaite, D.^, Reutimann, R., Mohr, C., & Lenggenhager, B. (2023). Effects of environmental colours in virtual reality: Physiological arousal affected by lightness and hue. Royal Society Open Science, 10, 230432. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230432 (full text) ^shared first authorship
Banks, B., Borghi, A. M., Fargier, R., Fini, C., Jonauskaite, D., Mazzuca, C., Montalti, M., Villani, C., & Woodin, G. (2023). Consensus Paper: Current Perspectives on Abstract Concepts and Future Research Directions. Journal of Cognition, 6(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.238 (full text)
Uusküla, M., Mohr, C., Epicoco, D., & Jonauskaite, D. (2023). Is Purple Lost in Translation? The Affective Meaning of Purple, Violet, and Lilac Cognates in 16 Languages and 30 Populations. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research., 52, 853–868, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10936-022-09920-5 (full text)
2022
Jonauskaite, D., Dael, N., Baboulaz, L., Chèvre, L., Cierny, I., Ducimetière, N., Fekete, A., Gabioud, P., Leder, H., Vetterli, M., & Mohr, C. (2022). Interactive Digital Engagement With Visual Artworks and Cultural Artefacts Enhances User Aesthetic Experiences in the Laboratory and Museum. International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2143767 (full text)
Müller, L., Mohr, C., Cano, C., Camenzind, L., Soborun, Y., & Jonauskaite, D. (2022). A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words: Emotion Recognition and Qualitative Impressions of Armand Henrion’s Self-Portraits Displaying Mixed Emotions. Art & Perception, 10(4), 334-360. https://doi.org/10.1163/22134913-bja10041 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., & Mohr, C. (2022). Color forum: Discussing color representations and implicit assumptions in Schloss et al’s (2020) study on conventional notions of color-emotion associations. Color Research & Application, 47(6), 1224-1228. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22815 (full text)
2021
Jonauskaite, D., Thalmayer, A. G., Müller, L., & Mohr, C. (2021). What does your favourite colour say about your personality? Not much. Personality Science, 2, e6297. https://doi.org/10.5964/ps.6297 (full text)
Epicoco, D., Mohr, C., Uusküla, M., Quiblier, M., Bouayed Meziane, M., Laurent, E., & Jonauskaite, D. (2021). Making sense of free associations with PURPLE – A new coding scheme testing French speakers in three countries. AIC 2021 proceedings, Milan, Italy. https://www.aic-color.org/publications-proceedings (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Sutton, A., Cristianini, N., & Mohr, C. (2021). English colour terms carry gender and valence biases: A corpus study using word embeddings. PLoS ONE, 16(6), e0251559. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251559 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Camenzind, L., Parraga, C. A., Diouf, C. N., Mercapide Ducommun, M., Müller, L., Norberg, M., & Mohr, C. (2021). Colour-emotion associations in individuals with red-green colour blindness. PeerJ, 9, e11180. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11180 (full text)
2020
Jonauskaite, D., Abu-Akel, A.,^ Dael, N.,^ Oberfeld, D.,^ Abdel-Khalek, A.M., Al-Rasheed, A.S., Antonietti, J.-P., Bogushevskaya, V., Chamseddine, A., Chkonia, E., Corona, V., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Griber, Y., Grimshaw, G., Hassan, A.A., Havelka, J., Hirnstein, M., Karlsson, B.S.A., Laurent, E., Lindeman, M., Marquardt, L., Mefoh, P., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Pérez-Albéniz, A., Pouyan, N., Roinishvili, M., Romanyuk, L., Salgado Montejo, A., Schrag, Y., Sultanova, A., Uusküla, M., Vainio, S., Wąsowicz, G., Zdravković, S., Zhang, M., and Mohr, C. (2020). Universal patterns in color-emotion associations are further shaped by linguistic and geographic proximity. Psychological Science, 31(10), 1245-1260. http://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620948810 (full text) ^shared second authorship
Ram, V., Schaposnik, L. P., Konstantinou, N., Volkan, E., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Manav, B., Jonauskaite, D., & Mohr, C. (2020). Extrapolating continuous color emotions through deep learning. Physical Review Research, 2(3), 033350. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033350 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Dael, N., Parraga, C. A., Chèvre, L., García-Sánchez, A. & Mohr, C. (2020). Stripping #The Dress: The importance of contextual information on inter-individual differences in colour perception. Psychological Research, 84(4), 851-865. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-018-1097-1 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Tremea, I., Bürki, L., Diouf, C. N., & Mohr, C. (2020). To see or not to see: Importance of color perception for the effectiveness to color therapy. Color Research & Application, 45(3), 450-464. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22490
Jonauskaite, D., Parraga, C. A., Quiblier, M., & Mohr, C. (2020). Feeling blue or seeing red? Similar pattern of emotion associations with colour patches and colour terms. iPerception, 11(1), 1-24. http://doi.org/10.1177/2041669520902484 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D. & Mohr, C. (2020). A commentary: The sun is no fun without rain: Reply to “The sun and how do we feel about the color yellow? Methodological concerns”. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 67, 101379. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101379 (full text)
2019
Jonauskaite, D., Abdel-Khalek, A. M., Abu-Akel, A., Al-Rasheed, A. S., Antonietti, J.-P., Ásgeirsson, Á. G., Atitsogbe, K. A., Barma, M., Barratt, D., Bogushevskaya, V., Bouayed Meziane, M. K., Chamseddine, A., Charernboom, T., Chkonia, E., Ciobanu,T., Corona Cabrera, V., Creed, A., Dael, N., Daouk, H., Dimitrova, N., Doorenbos, C. B., Fomins, S., Fonseca-Pedrero, E., Gaspar, A., Gizdic, A., Griber, Y. A., Grimshaw, G. M., Hasan, A. A., Havelka, J., Hirnstein, M., Karlsson, B. S., Jejoong, K., Konstantinou, N., Laurent, E., Lindeman, M., Manav, B., Marquardt, L., Mefoh, P., Mroczko-Wąsowicz, A., Mutandwa, P., Muthusi, S., Ngabolo, G., Oberfeld, D., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Perchtold, C. M., Pérez-Albéniz, A., Pouyan, N., Rashid Soron, T., Roinishvili, M., Romanyuk, L., Salgado Montejo, A., Sultanova, A., Tau, R., Uusküla, M., Vainio, S., Vargas, V., Volkan, E., Wąsowicz, G., Zdravković, S., Zhang, M., & Mohr, C. (2019). The sun is no fun without rain: Natural environments affect how we feel about yellow across 55 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 66, 101350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.101350 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Wicker, J., Mohr, C., Dael, N., Havelka, J., Papadatou-Pastou, M., Zhang, M., & Oberfeld, D. (2019). A machine learning approach to quantify the specificity of colour-emotion associations and their cultural differences. Royal Society Open Science, 6(9), 190741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190741 (full text)
Griber, Y., Jonauskaite, D., & Mohr, C. (2019). Цвета эмоций: экспериментальное исследование ассоциативных связей в современном русском языке [Colors of emotions: experimental investigation of associative connections in the contemporary Russian language]. Litera, 8(1), 69-86. https://doi.org/10.25136/2409-8698.2019.1.28892 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Althaus, B., Dael, N., Dan-Glauser, E., & Mohr, C. (2019). What color do you feel? Color choices are driven by mood. Color Research & Application, 44(2), 272-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/col.22327 (full text)
Jonauskaite, D., Dael, N., Chèvre, L., Althaus, B., Tremea, A., Charalambides, L. & Mohr, C. (2019). Pink for girls, red for boys, and blue for both genders: Colour preferences in children and adults. Sex Roles, 80(9), 630-642. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0955-z (full text)
Before 2019
Jonauskaite, D., Mohr, C., Antonietti, J. P., Spiers, P., Althaus, B., Anil, S. & Dael, N. (2016). Most and least preferred colours differ according to object context: New insights from unrestricted colour range. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0152194. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152194
Dael, N., Perseguers, M.-N., Marchand, C., Antonietti, J.-P., & Mohr, C. (2015). Put on that colour, it fits your emotion: Colour appropriateness as a function of expressed emotion. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 69(8), 1619–1630. http://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2015.1090462
Dael, N., Sierro, G., & Mohr, C. (2013). Affect-related synesthesias: A prospective view on their existence, expression and underlying mechanisms. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 754. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00754
Academic Book Chapters
Mohr, C., & Jonauskaite, D. (2020). From then to now – from now to then: Contemporary research in affective colour psychology might inform research on affective colour meaning in ancient Greek and Roman writings. In K. Ierodiakonou & P. Derron (Eds.), Colour Psychology in the Graeco-Roman World (pp. 347–370). Geneva: Fondation Hardt. (full text)
Mohr, C., Jonauskaite, D., Dan-Glauser, E. S., Uusküla, M., & Dael, N. (2018). Unifying research on colour and emotion: Time for a cross-cultural survey on emotion associations with colour terms. In L. W. MacDonald, C. P. Biggam, & G. V Paramei (Eds.), Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language, and beyond (pp. 209–222). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. http://doi.org/10.1075/z.217.11moh (full text)
Talks in Open Access
Jonauskaite, D. (2022). The Psychology of Colours: Linking Colours to Emotions. Farbe Licht Raum. Listen here.
Jonauskaite, D., Epicoco, D. & Mohr, C. (2021). The International Colour-Emotion Association Survey: Open data and first results revealing universality. Opening Affective Science pre-conference at the 8th Annual Society for Affective Sciences Conference. Listen here.
Epicoco, D., Mohr, C., & Jonauskaite, D. (2021). Why do you favour this colour? Reasons for and associations with favourite and least favourite colours. 8th Annual Society for Affective Sciences Conference. Listen here.
Jonauskaite, D., Müller, L., & Mohr, C. (2021). Emotion perception and colour associations in A. Henrion’s self-portraits. 8th Annual Society for Affective Sciences Conference. Listen here.
Articles in Psychology Today
Our articles in the Color Psychology blog in Psychology Today
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2023). Ghosts Are White for a Reason and So Are Barn Owls. Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2022). Red Is Associated with Love, but Do We Actually Feel It? Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2022). Associations Between Colors and Emotions Are Universal. Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2022). Does Your Favorite Color Tell People Something About Who You Are? Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2021). What Do You Associate With “Royal Berry” or “Vanilla Scoop”? Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2020). What Makes Red the Color of Christmas? Diverse explanations exist for this holiday favorite. Psychology Today. Read here.
Mohr, C. & Jonauskaite, D. (2020). Can Colors Make You Feel Better? A skeptical look at “chromotherapy”. Psychology Today. Read here.
Our Interviews & Podcasts
English
Red with anger or feeling blue? The link between color and emotion, with Domicele Jonauskaite, PhD. Speaking of Psychology, APA podcast. Listen here.
Why does red mean stop? Shot & Chaser. Listen here.
Domicele Jonauskaite - Colour and emotion. Sense(less) Conversations. Listen here.
German
Beeinflussen Farben unsere Gefühle? Servus TV. Listen here.
Wieso wir für einen One-Night-Stand Rot tragen. Der Standard. Read here.
Farben und Gefühle. SRF. Listen here.
Gelb löst Freude aus: Wie Kultur und Herkunft die Farbwahrnehmung prägen. SWR2. Listen here.
Farben und Gefühle. Radio Eins. Listen here.
Farben voller Gefühl. Deutschland radio. Listen here.
French
Les Couleurs. Brouhaha, RTS la Première. Listen here.
Notre couleur préférée révèle-t-elle notre personnalité ? Uniscope Campus Magazine. Read here.
Les rencontres de l'Anthropos Café, Christine Mohr et Nicolas Poinsot. UNILTV. Listen here.
L’influence des couleurs sur notre quotidien. On en parle, Avis d’Experts, RTS. Listen here.
Lithuanian
Tuzinas. Pažintis su Šveicarijoje dirbančia spalvų tyrinėtoja Domicele Jonauskaite - ar cepelininis dangus iš tiesų veikia mūsų emocijas? LRT (radio). Listen here.
Lietuvė tiria spalvų paslaptis. Stilius+ (in print, available on request)
Kosmoso departamentas. Kaip mus veikia spalvos? LRT Klasika (radio). Listen here.
Gyvenimas pilkas, ir kostiumas pilkas, ir pilkas vidinis pasaulis: Ką apie jus pasako dėvimų drabužių spalva. Delfi. Read here.
Spalvų mokslininkė D. Jonauskaite: Mano spintoje juodų drabužių nėra. Kauno Diena (in print). Read here.
Spalva - universali kalba. Psichologija Tau (in print). Read here.
Lietuvė tyrinėja emocijų ir spalvų sąsajas: kodėl raudonai apsirengusi moteris atrodo patrauklesnė.15min.lt. Read here.
Articles in popular media
2023
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Pourquoi la Grève féministe se drape-t-elle de violet ? 24 Heures. Read here.
2022
IN english
Novel interactive technology boosts people’s enjoyment with artworks. Media portal of the University of Vienna. Read here.
How colours affect the way you think. BBC. Read here.
Why your favourite colour is probably blue. BBC. Read here.
in OTHER LANGUAGES
Digitale Interaktion steigert Freude an Kunst. ORF. Read here.
Nouvelle technologie interactive pour mieux apprécier les œuvres d'art. L’actu de l’Université de Lausanne. Read here.
Digitaler Kunstgenuss steigert die Freude am Werk. Wiener Zeitung. Read here.
Digitale Interaktion mit Werken steigert Freude an Kunst. Austria Presse Agentur. Read here.
Interaktives Angebot Kunst digital gucken macht mehr Spaß. Deutschlandfunk Nova. Read here.
Reine Schönfärberei. Was Farben in uns auslösen. Süddeutsche Zeitung. Read here.
Die Ohnmacht der Farben. Swiss Journal NZZ. Read here.
Notre couleur préférée… ne révèle rien sur nous. La Presse Canada. Read here.
2021
in english
Color Me Happy. Psychology Today (in print)
Is the Sun More Fun in Egypt or Finland? Psychology Today. Read here.
in other languages
Les couleurs pour soigner : une thérapie efficace ? Cellule de Recherche et de Publications Scientifiques. Read here.
2020
in English
Seeing red or feeling blue? People around the world make similar associations between colours and emotions. British Psychological Society Research Digest. Read here.
This study just discovered a global emotional language. The Ladders. Read here.
Color-Emotion Connections Often Cross Borders and Cultures, Study Finds. Very Well Mind. Read here.
Revealing the psychology of colour to be a rainbow rollercoaster of emotion. Science Focus. Read here.
Do People Everywhere Feel Blue and Turn Green with Envy? Psychology Today. Read here.
Color Reaches Deep Within Our Unconscious. Psychology Today. Read here.
Colors and the emotions people associate them with are similar around the world. PsychNews Daily. Read here.
Sadness Is Purple in Greece, White in China: How People Associate Colors With Emotions Around the World. Technology Networks. Read here.
Colors evoke similar feelings around the world. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Communication and Press. Read here.
in Other languages
Rouge, vert, bleu… : comment sont perçues les couleurs à travers le monde. Le Monde. Read here.
Les couleurs suscitent des sentiments similaires partout. Swiss Info. Read here.
Les couleurs suscitent des sentiments similaires dans le monde entier. UNIL News. Read here.
Studie: Farben wecken überall ähnliche Gefühle. Swiss Info. Read here.
Farben wecken überall ähnliche Gefühle. ORT.AT Read here.
Le associazioni tra colori ed emozioni sono simili in tutto il mondo! Psicologia Roma. Read here.
Люди 30 национальностей связали цвета с одинаковыми эмоциями. N+1. Read here.
Värvid tekitavad kõigis maailma inimestes sarnaseid tundeid. Novaator. Read here.
Mari Uusküla: värvinimed köitsid mind juba lapsepõlves. Tallinn University News. Read here.
2019
in English
What makes people happy when skies are gray? The color yellow. Science Magazine. Read here.
Researchers can guess where you’re from by how colors make you feel. Science Magazine. Read here.
The international language of COLOURS: Humans around the world associate red with love and anger while black universally means sadness, study finds. The Daily Mail Online. Read here.
High-powered computer sees red. University of Auckland News. Read here.
in Other languages
A cor amarela é sinônimo de felicidade? Depende de onde você nasceu. Super Interessante. Read here.
Gelb steht für Freude –aber nicht überall. Deutschlandfunk Nova. Read here.
Il colore delle emozioni. Focus Science. Read here.
Deux articles explorent les liens entre couleurs et emotions. L’Actu. Read here.
Желтый цвет больше всего радует финнов. Polit.ru Pro Science. Read here.
Erinevates riikides seostub kollane värv erinevate emotsioonidega. Novatoor. Read here.
Aan zijn kleur herken je de mens. De Standaard. Read here.
Ist Trauer Schwarz oder Weiß?: Studie zu Farben und Gefühlen. Welt. Read here.
Ser du rødt? Eller føler du deg blå? Nå har forskere sett på hva folk fra ulike land føler når de ser forskjellige farger. Forskning.no. Read here.
Bei "Weiß" denken Chinesen an Trauer. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Communication and Press. Read here.
Changer les couleurs pour améliorer son bien-être? eSSPace recherche. Read here.
2017-2018
in English
Blue Is For Boys AND Girls. What your favourite color reveals about your ideas about gender. Psychology Today. Read here.
in Other languages
Une chercheuse de l’Unil obtient un subside Doc.CH pour sa these. News UNIL. Read here.