Data Analysis

The data collected was analyzed for the following purposes:

• To determine if individuals correlate colors with music
• To determine if music directly affects color use
• To determine whether digital art is affected by the introduction of music

To determine which colors were used and how often colors were used for each genre, we looked at each painting and noted each color that was used. Each color then received one point for that painting regardless of how much of that color was used. For example, a techno painting with a teal background, red, yellow and green solid boxes, and six purple stars resulted in one point each for teal, red, yellow, green and purple.

We then added up the number of points for each genre and figured out the percentage of the time each color was used. In many paintings, some colors were not used at all. In others, only one or two colors were used. Each painting was unique and took some time to analyze.

For the survey, each subject was allowed to choose one color for each genre listed. Percentages were figured in the same way as the interactive experiments.

Below are the paintings for the Classical genre. You can see that blue, green, and yellow were prominently chosen.