144 subjects ranked 9 colour samples in order of appropriateness for the walls of a simulated domestic interior furnished in one of 3 styles. Inter-subject agreement varied as a function of sex and marital status, with indications of an interaction between these variables. No age-related effects were observed. The results are interpreted in terms of a categorization model.
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