Illuminating Music: Impact of Color Hue for Background Lighting on Emotional Arousal in Piano Performance Videos.

ABSTRACT: This study sought to determine if hues overlayed on a video recording of a piano performance would systematically influence perception of its emotional arousal level. The hues were artificially added to a series of four short video excerpts of different performances using video editing software. Over two experiments 106 participants were sorted into 4 conditions, with each viewing different combinations of musical excerpts (two excerpts with nominally high arousal and two excerpts with nominally low arousal) and hue (red or blue) combinations. Participants rated the emotional arousal depicted by each excerpt. Results indicated that the overall arousal ratings were consistent with the nominal arousal of the selected excerpts. However, hues added to video produced no significant effect on ar

SUBMITTER: McDonald J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8964794 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature