(1.School of Health Science,Wuhan Sport University,Wuhan 430079,China; 2.School of Postgraduate,Wuhan Sport University,Wuhan 430079,China)Abstract: Based on the data of 9 668 Chinese football and basketball league games played between 2005 and 2015, this research verified the effects of player (team) uniform colors on the numbers of fouls judged by referees in com-petitions, and revealed the following findings: 1) in the men’s football event, there was no significant difference between the numbers of fouls judged by referees in competitions on teams wearing different color series team uni-forms; 2) in the basketball event, there was a significant difference between the numbers of fouls judged by referees in competitions on teams wearing different color series team uniforms: those teams wearing a warm color series team uniform got a number of fouls judged by referees in competitions significantly greater than that gotten by those teams wearing a cool color series team uniform; 3) the effects of team uniform color series on judgments made by referees in competitions were not affected by the home and away courts factor. Key words: sports psychology;team uniform color series;referee judgment;home and away courts;basketball;football |