Re: Does this exist anywhere?
Short answer:
The type of studies you seek will be found under a search in Google Scholar like Color Influence on Mood http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=...ed=0CB0QgQMwAA
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Long answer:
One thing you will quickly learn about scientific research is that most studies are hidden behind a pay wall... a very expensive pay wall too like $30+ a pop. If one has academic affiliations or institute access then they can overcome this. What we are left with is anecdotes and popular science synopses. It's hard to justify denying access to the most pertinent research but that is the 'club'.
I go to university libraries sometimes where you can get access.
So I have to say honestly that most of the information you will find online in this field is marketing speak. Other things like long lists of frequencies and solfeggio this or that have kind of mythology around them. Mythology is fine as it goes and marketing is necessary but you have to keep things in context.
MindPlace is unique in the industry in that we also take an 'art' approach. This is IMHO where the true nature of opening up new possibilities lies. Scientific skepticism and rigor are necessary but the artist is free to play. Let the debates rage on which type of audio stimulation is better or which color or whatever. A bunch of 'I read this article or this person said that' don't do me much good. Do the work with the sessions. Make your own sessions. Experiment. Log the results. Report from experience. Don't just ape other's claims. (not you, my friend, generally) And because so much is subjective, people will hardly ever agree.
The artist does what excites the senses and purveys meaning. If it is inspiring then it is valid. What color is best for the sky? It is not always blue you know and if you have ever seen a green sky, it is a thousand times more memorable. The artist takes liberties to tell their story.
With AVS, the fact is that the color palette for closed eyes has deep limitations for the casual user. Red is the strong dominant color. It creates the strongest impression and stimulation. White glasses have a magical quality of lots of color illusions. Once you begin to work with AVS sessions you will find that you have to learn to work with the palette. Eye open sessions are a whole other world and the barriers are removed regarding color but new ones take their place as far as submersion and disassociation.
If you have a chance take a look at some of my color illusion studies in the blog http://www.mindplacesupport.com/foru...olor-Illusions . This is where the interesting stuff is. Learning to trick the brain into synthesizing colors from stimulation inputs, and does it apply to a wide group of people? These are unknowns begging for participation.
It is also interesting that you will find the most research concerning color from marketers, looking to make their product appealing. There is also a lot of newer research coming out now on LED lights as they become the de facto household lighting source.
As far as a strict scientific approach to sessions, in many ways there are far too many variables, and frankly it misses a large part of the point. Science can forensically study the Mona Lisa (again with her) and that's cool and all, but it adds a layer that was never intended by the artist. Always remember science doesn't even know what consciousness is, really, or how it originates. Nor is there the fortunate ability like say with electricity to mathematically model it, or even hardly know basic rules about it, beyond waking and sleeping. Like in meditation we can measure biomarkers and they are important, but the 'content' of the meditation is entirely subjective and nearly impossible to do much more than broadly categorize.
If you start off by looking at AVS session design as an art form with a certain medium and palette. Then you create and find your individual voice within that realm. Or you consume what others create and maybe even become a pundit or critic.
Skeptics also miss the point, and I am skeptical of 90% of BS I read about this field, but I know experientially what is possible, and where it can take you, because I've been there.
You are asking really good questions and thank you for the opportunity to rant a little. The chart doesn't exist to my knowledge. I know of lots of 'esoteric' color systems that report on these matters. But they hardly ever agree with one another. However, what interests me the most is the colors seen by synesthetes (yeah, I had to look up how to spell that). Surprisingly they map closely with the AVS closed eye color palette. Of course, again it is subjective and can only be statistically analyzed.That is an interesting discussion itself.
This was a pretty interesting research project on Artificial Synaesthesia http://dwig.lmc.gatech.edu/projects/...29-2011%29.pdf
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