{
  "project": "The Color Testimony Project",
  "wave": "Wave 1, July to August 2026",
  "instrument": [
    {
      "key": "Q1",
      "dimension": "Like to dislike",
      "scale": "1 = like, 7 = dislike"
    },
    {
      "key": "Q2",
      "dimension": "Calm to energetic",
      "scale": "1 = calm, 7 = energetic"
    },
    {
      "key": "Q3",
      "dimension": "Traditional to modern",
      "scale": "1 = traditional, 7 = modern"
    },
    {
      "key": "Q4",
      "dimension": "Positive to negative",
      "scale": "1 = positive, 7 = negative"
    },
    {
      "key": "Q5",
      "dimension": "Strength of cultural meaning",
      "scale": "1 = weak, 7 = strong"
    }
  ],
  "contributors": [
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CN-01",
      "code": "CN-01",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese (Nanjing); dance training split between China and Canada",
      "languages": "Mandarin",
      "duration_min": 26,
      "favorite": "Pink, and it has always been pink",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Green"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": "intense, ardent",
        "Blue": "the sea",
        "Green": "life",
        "Yellow": "Chinese people",
        "Black": "boring",
        "Pink": "genuinely complicated"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          1,
          4,
          4,
          1,
          7
        ],
        "Blue": [
          2,
          1,
          5,
          6,
          3
        ],
        "Green": [
          4,
          7,
          7,
          1,
          3
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          2,
          5,
          1,
          2,
          5
        ],
        "Black": [
          3,
          1,
          1,
          7,
          7
        ],
        "Pink": [
          1,
          7,
          7,
          4,
          4
        ]
      },
      "flags": {},
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CN-02",
      "code": "CN-02",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese; educator, adult perspective",
      "languages": "Mandarin",
      "duration_min": 14,
      "favorite": "Blue, always",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Blue"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": "youth",
        "Blue": "a hat",
        "Green": "grass",
        "Yellow": "banana",
        "Black": "composed",
        "Pink": "Barbie"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          7,
          6,
          1,
          1,
          7
        ],
        "Blue": [
          1,
          1,
          7,
          1,
          7
        ],
        "Green": [
          4,
          3,
          4,
          3,
          3
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          1,
          7,
          5,
          3,
          4
        ],
        "Black": [
          1,
          4,
          4,
          7,
          7
        ],
        "Pink": [
          1,
          7,
          7,
          6,
          7
        ]
      },
      "flags": {},
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CN-03",
      "code": "CN-03",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese; student with family ties in the United States",
      "languages": "Mandarin, English",
      "duration_min": 16,
      "favorite": "Blue, always",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Blue"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": null,
        "Blue": "the sky",
        "Green": "summer mint",
        "Yellow": "food",
        "Black": null,
        "Pink": "Hello Kitty"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          3,
          7,
          5,
          1,
          6
        ],
        "Blue": [
          1,
          1,
          6,
          4,
          6
        ],
        "Green": [
          4,
          3,
          4,
          4,
          5
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          5,
          5,
          3,
          3,
          4
        ],
        "Black": [
          3,
          4,
          2,
          6,
          7
        ],
        "Pink": [
          6,
          4,
          1,
          4,
          7
        ]
      },
      "flags": {},
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CN-04",
      "code": "CN-04",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese; classical musician and educator, runs her own channel",
      "languages": "Mandarin",
      "duration_min": 11,
      "favorite": "Red and green, both, held for years and traded by mood",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Green"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": null,
        "Blue": null,
        "Green": "fresh scents and cool air",
        "Yellow": "refreshing drinks",
        "Black": "the atmosphere of playing and hearing classical music",
        "Pink": "Hello Kitty and pink bubbles of new love"
      },
      "ratings": null,
      "flags": {},
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CA-01",
      "code": "CA-01",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese-Canadian; raised in Canada",
      "languages": "Mandarin, English",
      "duration_min": 29,
      "favorite": "Blue or green; for years she assumed it was yellow",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Green"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": "the Canadian flag",
        "Blue": "the swimming pool",
        "Green": "the forest",
        "Yellow": "vitality; the old Warriors home colors",
        "Black": "steady and silent",
        "Pink": "it's not for me"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          4,
          6,
          2,
          4,
          7
        ],
        "Blue": [
          1,
          1,
          5,
          5,
          4
        ],
        "Green": [
          1,
          2,
          5,
          5,
          7
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          2,
          null,
          null,
          2,
          4
        ],
        "Black": [
          3,
          1,
          6,
          6,
          6
        ],
        "Pink": [
          7,
          6,
          7,
          4,
          2
        ]
      },
      "flags": {
        "Red.Q1": "overwritten digit on the card; read as 4",
        "Red.Q3": "read as 2; the figure is written in a looping hand",
        "Red.Q5": "read as 7",
        "Yellow.Q2": "crossed out on the card and not rewritten; treated as missing",
        "Yellow.Q3": "recorded at both ends (6 and 1): she reads yellow as traditional and modern at once; excluded from means"
      },
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-CA-02",
      "code": "CA-02",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese-Canadian; childhood in a county town in China, professional life in Canada",
      "languages": "Mandarin, English",
      "duration_min": 26,
      "favorite": "Blue, since childhood",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Blue"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": "passionate",
        "Blue": "tranquil",
        "Green": "nature",
        "Yellow": "vitality",
        "Black": null,
        "Pink": "lovely"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          3,
          7,
          1,
          1,
          7
        ],
        "Blue": [
          1,
          1,
          6,
          1,
          6
        ],
        "Green": [
          3,
          1,
          6,
          1,
          6
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          3,
          7,
          6,
          1,
          6
        ],
        "Black": [
          7,
          6,
          7,
          1,
          7
        ],
        "Pink": [
          7,
          6,
          7,
          1,
          7
        ]
      },
      "flags": {
        "Red.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale",
        "Blue.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale",
        "Green.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale",
        "Yellow.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale",
        "Black.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale",
        "Pink.Q1": "normalized from the reversed form scale"
      },
      "raw_note": "Her form displayed the like scale with the poles reversed; raw Q1 values were 5, 7, 5, 5, 1, 1 and are normalized here as 8 minus raw so that 1 means like across the whole dataset. Q2 to Q5 matched the standard orientation."
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-US-01",
      "code": "US-01",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese; design student in the United States, researches Chinese dress history",
      "languages": "Mandarin, English",
      "duration_min": 33,
      "favorite": "Blue now; red held the title for years before",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Black"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": "the fire-god rites of Hunan and Hubei",
        "Blue": "the sea at night",
        "Green": "the green canopy of an ancient temple tree",
        "Yellow": "lemon",
        "Black": "the black soil of the dragon-blood myth",
        "Pink": "Barbie"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          3,
          5,
          3,
          4,
          6
        ],
        "Blue": [
          3,
          3,
          6,
          5,
          4
        ],
        "Green": [
          6,
          2,
          2,
          3,
          6
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          4,
          5,
          3,
          2,
          6
        ],
        "Black": [
          2,
          6,
          1,
          5,
          5
        ],
        "Pink": [
          5,
          6,
          6,
          2,
          7
        ]
      },
      "flags": {
        "Red.Q1": "first attempt at the row crossed out on the card; the rewritten values are used",
        "Blue.Q4": "overwritten digit; read as 5",
        "Pink.Q3": "read as 6; a stray mark sits beside the digit"
      },
      "raw_note": null
    },
    {
      "identifier": "CTP-US-02",
      "code": "US-02",
      "wave": 1,
      "background": "Chinese; high school student in the United States",
      "languages": "Mandarin, English",
      "duration_min": 23,
      "favorite": "Green now; purple before",
      "deep_dive": [
        "Red",
        "Pink",
        "Green"
      ],
      "quickfire": {
        "Red": null,
        "Blue": "the sky",
        "Green": "trees",
        "Yellow": null,
        "Black": null,
        "Pink": "a bow"
      },
      "ratings": {
        "Red": [
          2,
          5,
          2,
          4,
          7
        ],
        "Blue": [
          2,
          3,
          5,
          3,
          4
        ],
        "Green": [
          2,
          1,
          5,
          3,
          2
        ],
        "Yellow": [
          4,
          6,
          5,
          2,
          3
        ],
        "Black": [
          6,
          1,
          6,
          6,
          6
        ],
        "Pink": [
          2,
          4,
          6,
          3,
          7
        ]
      },
      "flags": {
        "Red.Q5": "6 corrected to 7 on the card; 7 used",
        "Pink.Q2": "overwritten digit corrected to 4 on the card; 4 used"
      },
      "raw_note": null
    }
  ],
  "means": {
    "Red": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 3.3,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 5.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 4,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 2.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 5
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 2.3,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 4
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 6.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 6,
        "max": 7
      }
    },
    "Blue": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 1.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 3
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 1.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 3
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 5.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 5,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 3.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 6
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 4.9,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 3,
        "max": 7
      }
    },
    "Green": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 3.4,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 6
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 2.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 4.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 2,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 2.9,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 5
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 4.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 2,
        "max": 7
      }
    },
    "Yellow": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 3.0,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 5
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 5.8,
        "n": 6,
        "min": 5,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 3.8,
        "n": 6,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 6
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 2.1,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 3
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 4.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 3,
        "max": 6
      }
    },
    "Black": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 3.6,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 3.3,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 6
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 3.9,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 5.4,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 6.4,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 5,
        "max": 7
      }
    },
    "Pink": {
      "Q1": {
        "mean": 4.1,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q2": {
        "mean": 5.7,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 4,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q3": {
        "mean": 5.9,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 7
      },
      "Q4": {
        "mean": 3.4,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 1,
        "max": 6
      },
      "Q5": {
        "mean": 5.9,
        "n": 7,
        "min": 2,
        "max": 7
      }
    }
  }
}