Abstract
Several colors have been used on the face marks by line drawing in computer-mediated communication. Using facial expressions by line drawing, we examined how colors acted on recognition of facial expressions. In Experiment 1, we examined the effects of facial colors (red, blue, and yellow) on the emotional recognition from the facial expressions. In Experiment 2, we examined how the background colors of face marks influenced the recognition of emotions from the facial expressions. The results from both the experiments suggested that people could easily use the elements of the face marks in emotional recognition, and that people could be influenced by the facial or background colors in emotional recognition from facial expressions. In Experiment 1, red enhanced the recognition of happiness and anger emotions, and blue enhanced the recognition of sadness and restrained that of happiness. In Experiment 2, red and yellow of the background enhanced the recognition of happiness, and blue did that of sadness.
