| Title |
The Effects of Interior Color Schemes on Perceived Environmental Legibility and Color Contribution to Wayfinding - Focused on Zoning Differentiation Using Color Contrast in Hospital Wards - |
| Authors |
민영희(Min, Young Hee) ; 하미경(Ha, Mikyoung) |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.14774/JKIID.2018.27.6.025 |
| Keywords |
Legibility ; Interior Color Scheme ; Color Contrast ; Color Zoning ; Wayfinding |
| Abstract |
Wayfinding problems due to repetitive symmetries often occur in geometrical building shapes of hospitals, public buildings, and schools. Color has powerful influence on our perception and cognition to convey visual information contributive to wayfinding and environmental legibility. This research aimed to investigate the possibility of enhancing subjective architectural legibility and perceived color contribution by contrasting interior schemes, yet maintaining harmonious color properties as a whole. Participants explored one of twelve different virtual environments, simulating three different geometrical wards and four interior color schemes. After navigating virtual space, participants evaluated the environmental legibility and color contribution to wayfinding. Environmental legibility was evaluated in seven aspects, simplicity, differentiation, describability, memorability of structure and scene, orientation, and systematicity of layout in 7-point Likert scale. Color contribution was assessed in three items, differentiation by colors, orientation by colors, and systematic organization by colors. In results, main color scheme effect was significant in differentiation, describability, and orientation in assessing legibility. Color scheme affected color contribution to wayfinding significantly by differentiating environment, enhancing systemacity and orientation by color. Among four color schemes, monochromatic(chromatic-achromatic) color scheme with complementary accent colors between zones was perceived as the most contributive color scheme to wayfinding and subjective environmental legibility. |