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Tag: communication

Feeling words can better convey feeling intensity

Feeling words' types and intensities are shown by their hues and saturations in the emotions color wheel.
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Feeling words' types and intensities are shown by their locations in the intensity of feelings chart.
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  1. “Emotions Color Wheel.” Do2Learn,  do2learn.com/organizationtools/EmotionsColorWheel/index.htm. Accessed 11 Jan. 2017.
  2. “Intensity of Feelings Chart.” JustMind.org, 17 Feb. 2016, justmind.org/so-much-commotion-over-emotions/68c2bd28e5a667d81c1b5d947881dd04/. Accessed 6 Nov. 2016.
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