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About me

Gary R. Peterson, Dean of Behavioral Studies at The Peterson Institute of Arts and Sciences Research Laboratory & Gift Shop, and author of The Intellectual Handyman On Art.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

poetic justice

I know too much about ...

virtual reality

My parents always told me ...

mita kuulu

My childhood ambition ...

pick locks

My favorite memory ...

sixty seven

Why I write ...

provocative muses

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Divine Comedy / sports & weather / jigs & reels

My first job ...

apple stand

My best moment ...

daybreak

My inspiration ...

songbirds

Featured article by Gary Peterson

Sciences > Psychology Introduction to color psychology: 2 of 13

Color has a dual-personality: It is light and it is pigment. When we see a certain color object, we are actually seeing only that wavelength of light which is not absorbed by that object. The eye is is most sensitive to yellow-green light, but it also makes "warm" colors like red seem to advance towards the viewer while "cool" colors like blue recede. The "warm-cool" labels are arbitrary - strictly psychological. They could just as well be classified as "loud-quiet" or "emotional-intelligent." Colors can affect physical reactions: the color red can speed the heart, and yellow may increase ...
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