Table 1.
Mean ratings for each word and for each painting given by the 61 participants.
Painting◦ | |||||||||||||||
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Word | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Adagio | 376 | 427 | 511 | 457 | 557 | 377 | 502 | 401 | 469 | 430 | 393 | 493 | 427 | 238 | 520 |
Presto | 582 | 548 | 393 | 435 | 270 | 476 | 370 | 445 | 415 | 492 | 509 | 436 | 401 | 585 | 325 |
Agitated | 619 | 617 | 362 | 533 | 236 | 613 | 347 | 487 | 457 | 628 | 608 | 460 | 447 | 777 | 325 |
Calm | 362 | 426 | 599 | 433 | 701 | 401 | 629 | 471 | 552 | 469 | 319 | 500 | 512 | 188 | 609 |
Bright | 527 | 696 | 842 | 767 | 507 | 691 | 720 | 649 | 677 | 704 | 738 | 582 | 732 | 724 | 748 |
Dark | 444 | 348 | 254 | 284 | 506 | 268 | 275 | 368 | 272 | 254 | 271 | 273 | 341 | 332 | 373 |
Cold | 628 | 393 | 258 | 239 | 590 | 196 | 358 | 339 | 463 | 439 | 244 | 593 | 235 | 291 | 291 |
Warm | 254 | 509 | 762 | 709 | 373 | 794 | 609 | 575 | 494 | 547 | 724 | 373 | 749 | 624 | 653 |
Continuous | 519 | 583 | 546 | 470 | 578 | 458 | 595 | 643 | 530 | 479 | 710 | 530 | 577 | 453 | 534 |
Rhythmic | 563 | 591 | 401 | 447 | 449 | 584 | 555 | 621 | 686 | 522 | 721 | 448 | 435 | 527 | 395 |
Happy | 363 | 499 | 570 | 477 | 252 | 535 | 529 | 413 | 447 | 553 | 664 | 424 | 446 | 395 | 502 |
Sad | 556 | 361 | 320 | 324 | 652 | 282 | 391 | 469 | 376 | 339 | 268 | 419 | 449 | 295 | 434 |
Hard | 480 | 424 | 445 | 565 | 480 | 494 | 477 | 550 | 502 | 384 | 427 | 407 | 444 | 590 | 367 |
Soft | 303 | 401 | 441 | 374 | 330 | 373 | 387 | 311 | 327 | 429 | 423 | 466 | 409 | 289 | 487 |
Heavy | 397 | 425 | 448 | 576 | 549 | 437 | 482 | 547 | 417 | 342 | 470 | 342 | 517 | 467 | 482 |
Light | 447 | 411 | 439 | 350 | 407 | 425 | 462 | 309 | 480 | 532 | 356 | 529 | 411 | 330 | 437 |
Horizontality | 329 | 617 | 455 | 401 | 696 | 467 | 514 | 423 | 497 | 361 | 429 | 248 | 270 | 272 | 310 |
Verticality | 718 | 549 | 638 | 571 | 587 | 679 | 703 | 761 | 661 | 694 | 525 | 800 | 810 | 652 | 718 |
Quick | 577 | 542 | 335 | 440 | 243 | 553 | 367 | 427 | 396 | 544 | 630 | 438 | 405 | 689 | 266 |
Slow | 350 | 398 | 511 | 412 | 674 | 370 | 481 | 465 | 505 | 465 | 341 | 496 | 499 | 218 | 576 |
Strong | 482 | 507 | 566 | 686 | 369 | 688 | 506 | 556 | 519 | 563 | 629 | 444 | 631 | 733 | 469 |
Weak | 323 | 316 | 307 | 251 | 494 | 258 | 363 | 321 | 377 | 290 | 268 | 374 | 266 | 186 | 391 |
See text for the correspondence between the ID number and the title of the painting.