Effects of Colour, Area, and Height on Space Perception

Abstract

Colours and the spatial properties of the workplace are primarily visually conveyed. The aim of this study determines how colour, area and height influence space perception. 80 interior designers participated in this experiment to evaluate the sixteen workspace images on the internet-based questionnaires. Four factors of space perception; spaciousness, openness, complexity, and order, were assessed using a semantic differential scale. The outcomes revealed that variations in space perception were significantly associated with the difference in colour, area, and height. Neutral colour in all area and height obtained the highest rating of the overall factors, followed by cool colours. Keywords IntroductionThe physical work environment that can affect human perception is well documented. Certain attributes of the workplace such as room configuration, office planning, ergonomics, colour or lighting have been conducted. In term of colour, which is one of the interior design elements that also play a crucial role in influencing either large or small space. However, little research investigates the interaction effect of colours and spatial-architectural dimension in the work environment on human space perception. Most of them conducted in the experimental room and focused on examining the effect of each factor separately. Many studies have studied on colours only at the walls but lack of concentration in the whole space. It should determine the spatial effects with all three planes such as the horizontal plane, vertical plane, and overhead plane. Moreover, there is a limited amount of research in a wide range of color. There were almost examined a few prominent colour such as red, blue, green, and particular research have attempted to compare the effect of one colour with other colour. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the various colour schemes and room proportion in the real design work environments in Thailand, and then examine how colour, area and height influence space perception. It's necessary to understand how the different colour in the various room proportion can affect human perceptions to create a positive workplace. The findings will provide the essential variables, set of effective colour, implication, and recommendation for further study.

Açık ofislerin duvar ve donatı elemanlarında kullanılan renklerin kullanıcıların algısal değerlendirmeleri üzerindeki etkileri

“…Bunun yanında soğuk renk kullanılan mekânların, sıcak renk kullanılan mekânlara göre daha yönlendirici etkisinin olduğu ileri sürülmektedir [12]. Ayrıca, nötr renklerin sıcak/soğuk renklere göre sıkıcı, monoton, basit ve yapay olarak değerlendirildiği [19], başka bir çalışmada ise bunun aksine ferahlık, açıklık, sadelik, düzen gibi kavramlarla [20] nitelendirildiği görülmektedir. Bu sonuçlardan hareketle, ortamda kullanılan renklerin mekân algısında etkili bir bağımsız değişken olabileceği açıktır.…”

“…Baniani ve Yamamoto [25] iç ve dış mekân boyama eyleminde tasarım eğitimi ile renk tercihi arasındaki ilişkiyi konu alan çalışmasında, sanat ve tasarım eğitimi alan bireylerin almayanlara göre boyama görevinde daha fazla renk çeşidi kullandığını bildirmiştir. Savavibool ve Moorapun [20] seksen tecrübeli içmimar ile yaptığı çalışmasında, nötr renkli çalışma alanının, farklı renk şemalarındaki mekanlardan daha ferah, açık, sade ve düzenli olarak algılandığını belirlemişlerdir. Benzer şekilde Coşgun ve Yıldırım [26] çalışmasında, tasarım eğitimi alan bireylerin fiziksel çevre faktörlerini tasarım eğitimi almayan bireylere göre daha olumsuz yönde değerlendirdikleri bildirilmiştir.…”

A Pilot Study on the Impact of Colors on Human Performance Within a Multitasking Simulation Environment

“…Neutral colors stand out positively in space perception, inducing feelings of spaciousness, openness, simplicity, and order (Küller et al 2009). Neutral color schemes outperformed other color combinations in creating perceptions of spaciousness, openness, simplicity, and order within workspaces (Savavibool and Moorapun, 2017).…”