Paper ID: 2301.03559

Color Me Intrigued: Quantifying Usage of Colors in Fiction

Siyan Li

We present preliminary results in quantitative analyses of color usage in selected authors' works from LitBank. Using Glasgow Norms, human ratings on 5000+ words, we measure attributes of nouns dependent on color terms. Early results demonstrate a significant increase in noun concreteness over time. We also propose future research directions for computational literary color analytics.

Submitted: Jan 9, 2023