ND-0368 · 2023 · Other
Effects of environmental colours in virtual reality: Physiological arousal affected by lightness and hue
Weijs, Jonauskaite, Reutimann et al. Royal Society Open Science. 2023.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230432 · Finding drafted from the abstract
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What the source reports
Darker rooms raised arousal whatever the hue, and skin conductance rose more in red than in blue rooms.
Limitations
Virtual reality.
Design questions and applications
Weigh lightness as well as hue when choosing room colour.
Field
Colour and stimulation
Notes and follow-up
Added from the Corpus Desk (card weijs-2023-colour-vr) on 2026-11-09. Evidence strength and translation distance not yet rated. WELL label held for review.
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