Table 1.
The 34 Musical Excerpts.
| Genre | Sat. | L/D | Y/B | R/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1(Alternative) | 139 | 39 | 9 | 20 |
| 2(Arabic) | 104 | −24 | 17 | 44 |
| 3(Bach) | −4 | 62 | 0 | −19 |
| 4(Balkan Folk) | −29 | 26 | −5 | −22 |
| 5(Big Band) | −50 | 19 | −4 | −18 |
| 6(Bluegrass) | 37 | 72 | 79 | −40 |
| 7(Blues) | 34 | −46 | −44 | −33 |
| 8(Classic Rock) | 65 | −91 | 13 | 38 |
| 9(Country Western) | −27 | 92 | 65 | −48 |
| 10(Dixieland) | 98 | 25 | 19 | 36 |
| 11(Dubstep) | 57 | −116 | −35 | 29 |
| 12(Eighties Pop) | 103 | 90 | 22 | 0 |
| 13(Electronic) | 70 | −42 | −25 | 1 |
| 14(Folk) | −27 | 96 | −6 | −54 |
| 15(Funk) | 66 | −62 | −31 | 4 |
| 16(Gamelon) | 21 | 25 | 21 | −25 |
| 17(Heavy Metal) | −21 | −190 | −31 | 44 |
| 18(Hindustani Sitar) | 69 | −44 | 15 | 26 |
| 19(Hip Hop) | 26 | 0 | −55 | 0 |
| 20(Indie) | −56 | 85 | −29 | −52 |
| 21(Irish) | 88 | 40 | 18 | −63 |
| 22(Jazz) | 86 | 9 | −33 | 5 |
| 23(Mozart) | −6 | 124 | −7 | −24 |
| 24(Piano) | −129 | 0 | −103 | −60 |
| 25(Progressive House) | 141 | −36 | −9 | 50 |
| 26(Progressive Rock) | 31 | 78 | −35 | −27 |
| 27(Psychobilly) | 79 | −126 | −25 | 39 |
| 28(Reggae) | 58 | 41 | −13 | −37 |
| 29(Salsa) | 212 | 34 | 60 | 76 |
| 30(Ska) | 180 | 42 | 30 | 32 |
| 31(Smooth Jazz) | 14 | 84 | −27 | −6 |
| 32(Soundtrack) | −5 | 88 | −39 | −51 |
| 33(Stravinsky) | 41 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 34(Trance) | 148 | −17 | −10 | 51 |
Note. All numbers correspond to the weighted average color–appearance ratings of the colors picked to go with the music (PMCA scores), averaged across subjects (details described in the subsection “Results of lower-level perceptual correlations in music-to-color associations” of the “Results and Discussion” section and Appendix A). Entries in boldface indicate selections for which first-choice colors are presented in Figure 2. Sat. = saturation; L/D = light(+)/dark(−); Y/B = yellow(+)/blue(−); R/G = red(+)/green(−).