A Cross-cultural and Developmental Investigation of the Association between Color and Temperature

The higher value in a color stimulus (i.e., red/yellow), the more association to warmth.

See Figures 1, 2, and 3 for all statistic results.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
HodgeRank	Supported	p <.0001	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Color value (red/yellow vs blue)	Independent	Sensation And Perception, Ethnophysics
Warmth vs Coolness evaluation	Dependent	Sensation And Perception, Ethnophysics

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Koura Sow, Ndeye Meissa	2025	Relationship between color and warmth vs coolness will be stronger with age.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Koura Sow, Ndeye Meissa	2025	Color-temperature association of red/yellow = warm, and blue = cool will be universal across cultures.	Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Koura Sow, Ndeye Meissa	2025	Color-temperature association of red/yellow = warm, and blue = cool will be reflected by relative aspects between cultural variations.	Unsupported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Paige, Jeffery M.	1981	Circumcision is positively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (76).	Supported	0	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Paige, Jeffery M.	1981	Fraternal interest group strength is positively associated with dichotomized 'high-value' (agricultural, pastoral, & advanced horticultural) vs. 'low-value' (hunting-gathering, fishing, mounted hunting, & simple horticultural) subsistence strategies (76).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author