[Characteristics of color selection in the Luscher test as indicators of a typical emotional status of pilots].

The present authors identified distinctions between colour responses of the flying personnel and the general population typical of the Walneffer-Luscher autogenic norm. The section of the series which is rejected by pilots (the last four colours) is identical to the traditional norm. The difference in the preferable section of the series (the first four colours) is that the general population gives preference to warm colours (red, yellow) whereas the flying personnel to cold (blue) colours or mixed (violet) colours. The preference of violet and green colours shown by pilots is a reflection of their emotional state which is typical for a stressful environment.