The belief that color may have many varied effects on the human organism has been well-established. Very little, however, has been done to look at responses to color during exercise. 15 subjects performed three maximal graded treadmill tests, once in each of three different colored environments. Five physiological and one psychological variables were measured during the three exercise periods. No significant differences were found among conditions.
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