Hue Heat

Experiments show we recognize imperceivable dualities and opposites, such as blue versus hot and red versus cold. We identify more closely with a hot blue object than a hot red one and a cold red object more than a cold blue one.

Thermoaesthetics

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Nicholas Roerich’s “Fire paternoster.” Photo from WikiArt. Public domain.

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Thermoaesthetics

A concept of aesthetic complexity based on universal animal preferences for mixtures of simple, more and less exciting physical and psychological opposites.