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1. Achromatic

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   The Grey Scale of Emotional Valence
   Curiously, psychological studies performed at the Vienna Institute for Visual Semiotics (1988–1995) indicated that the perceived temperature of an achromatic stimulus is not constant. Darker greys (low luminance values) were consistently rated by subjects as conveying a sense of "stagnant coldness," whereas lighter greys were associated with "nascent expectation." This suggests that the achromatic scale itself possesses a subtle, inherited [em…