“The Frequency With Which a Group of Unselected College Students Experience Colored Dreaming and Colored Hearing”, 1942 (; backlinks):
…Middleton (8) found that a majority of his respondents reported that they did not get any color imagery in their dreams. In like manner, Bentley (1) reports that colors appeared in the dreams of his subjects occasionally but that gray imagery was the rule.
…In the present study questionnaires were distributed among 277 college sophomores (120 men and 157 women). The questionnaire form consisted of adequate definitions of terms, as well as specific instructions as to the kinds of information that were desired. All questions were answered by making appropriate check marks, although space was provided for voluntary comments or discussions.
…About 40% of the subjects report that they do not experience any color imagery in their dreams. Table 2 shows the frequency of colored dreaming…Colored dreaming, however, doe,; not occur with great frequency, and it seems to play a more important part in the dream work of women than of men. The women report frequently of seeing the colors of clothing in their dreams; the men scarcely make mention of this color factor. The color of fire is rather prominent in the dreams of the subjects of both sexes.
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