Influence of vehicle color on loudness judgments.
This experiment investigates the effect of images of differently colored sports cars on the loudness of a simultaneously perceived car sound. Still images of a sports car, colored in red, light green, blue, and dark green, were displayed to subjects during a magnitude estimation task. The sound of an accelerating sports car was used as a stimulus. Statistical analysis suggests that the color of the visual stimulus may have a small influence on loudness judgments. The observed loudness differences are generally equivalent to a change in sound level of about 1 dB, with maximum individual differences of up to 3 dB.
Menzel
Daniel
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Arbeitsgruppe Technische Akustik, MMK, Technische Universität München, München, Germany. menzel@tum.de
Fastl
Hugo
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Graf
Ralf
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Hellbrück
Jürgen
J
D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001336:Automobiles; D003116:Color; D004738:Engineering / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D012016:Reference Values; D006113:United Kingdom