| Title |
A Study on the symbolic Meaning of Interior Color and It's Hamony at the Late Chosun Dynasty's Upper Class Houses |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to find out the symbolic meaning of interior color at the Chosun Dynasty's upper class houses, and to review it from a point of view of the Western coloring harmony theory. From this study, the Oriental philosophy, the ideas of Confucianism, and the ethnic traits influenced the interior color of the Chosun Dynasty's upper class houses like an-bang or sarang-bang. The results indicated that main color, auxiliary color, accent color were harmonized with similar harmony by hue and with contrast harmony by value and chroma. Therefore, interior color image of Korean traditional houses should be applied to the various design field as well as modern interior design. |