About your environment

To ensure the best experience, please follow these steps before proceeding:

• Use headphones for optimal audio clarity and immersion.
• Adjust the lighting in your room so it is neither too bright nor too dark, creating a comfortable viewing environment.
• Turn off any screen-color altering modes, such as Night Shift or True Tone, to maintain accurate color representation.

Confirm the following by selecting the appropriate options below:

I am using headphones.
YES NO

I have adjusted the light in the room so that it’s not too bright and not too dark either.
YES NO

My screen is free of screen-color altering modes, such as Night Shift or True Tone.
YES NO

Screen test

All colors seem to be displayed correctly.
YES NO

* If the colors are not being displayed correctly, go to your computer settings and adjust the colors there. Make sure the Night Shift mode is off, and the power supplying your screen is plugged in correctly. Alternatively, try accessing the study link via another device such as a mobile phone or a tablet.

Sound test

Play the sound below and adjust the volume of your advice to comfortable levels.

When you test the sound and feel ready, click Continue.

The study

You will listen to a series of 4 music excerpts and associate them with colors that you feel best represent the music.

Each question will contain one music excerpt and a color palette. Please answer based on your intuition.

Note that you cannot change your answer after you click Continue.

Musical Excerpt 1

Play the audio below.

Which color best corresponds to this music?

Musical Excerpt 2

Play the audio below.

Which color best corresponds to this music?

Musical Excerpt 3

Play the audio below.

Which color best corresponds to this music?

Musical Excerpt 4

Play the audio below.

Which color best corresponds to this music?

Great job so far!

Now we would like to learn more about how these music excerpts made you feel.

Your task is to listen to these songs again and write down how they made you feel.

Back to Musical Excerpt 1

Play the audio below.

Why did you pick this color?

Which emotion do you think it describes best?

Back to Musical Excerpt 2

Play the audio below.

Why did you pick this color?

Which emotion do you think it describes best?

Back to Musical Excerpt 3

Play the audio below.

Why did you pick this color?

Which emotion do you think it describes best?

Back to Musical Excerpt 4

Play the audio below.

Why did you pick this color?

Which emotion do you think it describes best?

About your background

Do you have synesthesia? (Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which one experiences a sense through another sense.)

Please select... No Yes

Do you have color blindness?

Please select... No Yes

Do you have trouble hearing?

Please select... No Yes

Do you have a musical background?

Please select... No Yes

Do you have a dance background?

Please select... No Yes

Which kind of music do you usually listen to?

What country are you from?

Please select... Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua & Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Caribbean Netherlands Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo - Brazzaville Congo - Kinshasa Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard & McDonald Islands Vatican City Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati North Korea South Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Curaçao New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Réunion Romania Russia Rwanda St. Barthélemy St. Helena St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Martin St. Pierre & Miquelon St. Vincent & Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé & Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard & Jan Mayen Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks & Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States U.S. Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam British Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands Wallis & Futuna Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

How old are you? (number, e.g. 24)

What meaning does music hold for you? Would you like to share any background on the music culture you engage with?