Our tests are the results of original research conducted and validated by a team of clinical psychologists, psychoanalysts and mathematicians.
Our main scientific references are the following :

Using art to help understand the imagery of irritable bowel syndrome and its response to hypnotherapy.

 




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Color preference of aged observers compared to young observers.
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The hedonics of color.
  Simmons DR, Asher K. J Vis 2007, 7:463a.
Biological components of sex differences in color preference.
  Hurlbert AC, Ling Y: Curr Biol 2007, 17:R623-5.
The association of colors with emotions: a systematic approach
  Simmons DR. J Vis 2006, 6:251a.
A study of color emotion and color preference.
  Part I: color emotions for single colors. Part II: color emotions for two-color combinations.
Part III: color preference modelling.
Ou L, Luo MR, Woodcock A, Wright. Color Res App.l 2004, A29;232-240;292-298, 381-389.
Effects of hue, saturation and brightness on preference.
  Camgoz N, Yener C, Guvenc D: Color Res Appl 2002, 27:199-207.
Color sensitivity and mood disorders: biology or metaphor?
  Barrick CB, Taylor D, Correa EI: J Affect Disord 2002, 68:67-71.
Preferences for colors and color-emotion combinations in early childhood.
  Zentner MR. Dev Sci 2001, 4:389-398.
Colors for every mood.
  Leatrice Eiseman. Capital books : 2000
Psychologie pathologique: théorie et clinique.
  J. Bergeret. Masson, 2000.
Color discrimination, color naming and color preferences in 80-year olds.
  Wijk H, Berg S, Sivik L, Steen B: Aging Clin Exp Res 1999, 11:176-185.
A note on adults’ color-emotion associations.
  Hemphill M. J Genet Psychol 1996, 157:275-280.
Comparative studies on color preference in Japan and other Asian regions, with special emphasis on the preference for white.
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Color and emotions preferences and combinations.
  Terwogt MM, Hoeksma JB. J Gen Psychol 1995, 122:5-17.
Children’s emotional associations with colors.
  Boyatzis CJ, Verghese R. J Genet Psychol 1994, 155:77-85.
Effects of color on emotions.
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Grey mood: grey colors.
  De Leo D, Rocco PL, Dello Buono MR, Dalla Barba GF: Lancet 1989, 2:573-574.
The Lüscher Color Test.
  Lüscher M. Scott IA, editor and translator. New York: Washington Square Press; 1969.
A principal components analysis of semantic differential judgements of single colors and color pairs.
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The color pyramid test: a nonverbal technique for personality
  assessment.
Schaie KW. Psychol Bull 1963, 60:530-547.
The Rorschach Technique: an introductory manual.
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Scaling the association between colors and mood-tones.
  Schaie KW. Am J Psychol 1961, 74:266-273.
A Q-sort study of color-mood association.
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C. G. Jung : 
  Pychologie de l'inconscient,
Métamorphoses de l'âme et ses symboles,
Dialectique du moi et de l'inconscient,
l'homme et ses symbole, ...
Le langage des couleurs. 
  René-Lucien Rousseau : 1954.
The degree to which colors (hues) are associated with mood-tones.
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The Lowenfeld Mosaic Test.
  Lowenfeld M. J Proj Tech 1952, 16:200-202.
A critical and experimental study of color preferences.
  Eysenck HJ. Am J Psychol 1941, 45:385-394.
Freud :
  Pulsion et destin des pulsions,
Métapsychologie, ...
 
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