A study of atmosphere perceptions in a living room

Abstract

An experiment has been carried out to investigate the effect of lighting on the perception of atmosphere in a living room, using three types of light sources: halogen, fluorescent and LED lamps. In a psychophysical experiment, 29 native Chinese observers assessed eight lighting conditions having different luminances and correlated colour temperatures. For each condition, 71 scales were employed using the categorical judgment method. Factor analysis identified two underlying dimensions: liveliness and cosiness. This agrees with those found by Vogels who used Dutch observers to assess atmosphere perception. Both observer groups also agreed that an increase of luminance would make the room more lively. However, there were also some disagreements such as a higher CCT source would make the room more lively for Chinese observers but less lively for Dutch observers.

The impact of LED lighting parameters on viewing fine art paintings

“…This implies that an increase in CCT would make paintings to appear brighter and cooler. These two findings confirm earlier findings 14,20 .…”

The impact of illuminance and colour temperature on viewing fine art paintings under LED lighting

“…This agrees with our earlier findings. 18 The trend in Figure 6(b) is obviously stronger than Figure 6(a), i.e. the range of the score in Figure 6(b) is larger than that in Figure 6(a).…”

Lighting to Make You Feel Better: Improving the Mood of Elderly People with Affective Ambiences

“…Atmosphere is not an affective state in itself, but an affective evaluation of the environment [ 11 ]. Past studies have shown that atmosphere can be characterized along four dimensions, namely coziness, liveliness, detachment and tenseness [ 11 ], of which liveliness and coziness are the most important ones [ 11 , 43 ]. Alternatively, atmosphere may be evaluated in terms of valence and arousal [ 44 , 45 ].…”

“…The relation between both characterizations of atmosphere is that coziness was found to be positively correlated with positive valence and negatively correlated with arousal, while liveliness was found to be positively correlated with both valence and arousal [ 12 ]. Extensive knowledge has been built up about the influence of lighting characteristics on atmosphere perception [ 12 , 13 , 43 , 46 ]. The combination of general white lighting with colored accent lighting is known to be able to generate cozy, activating and exciting atmospheres in a room for younger people [ 12 , 47 ].…”