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Every song has a color – and an emotion – attached to it

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imageElectronic band STS9 is known for having intoxicating light shows accompany their live performances.Shannon Tompkins/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Imagine yourself as a graphic designer for New Age musician Enya, tasked with creating her next album cover. Which two or three colors from the grid below do you think would “go...

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