A Study on the Influence of the Wall Colors in the ReadingRooms on Students’ Reading Attitude—Based on the Senior and Vocational High School Students

• Main Authors: Hsieh‧MEI YU, 謝美玉
• Other Authors: Po-Cheng (Paul) Chou, Ph.D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45697140940088019501

碩士 === 樹德科技大學 === 應用設計研究所 === 93 === Abstract This study aims at understanding the relation between walls colors of the reading room and students’ reading attitude; whether the spatial colors have different implications for design students and non-design students, and the correlation and difference are explored. The study was conducted mainly in three phases, in sequence of: understanding the current situation and establishment of simulated spatial color samples, design of “Semantic Differential Questionnaire,” construction of reading space in various colors and conducting the test of “Semantic Differential of Reading Room Walls Color Implication Questionnaire.” After evaluation, the Practical Color Co-ordinate System was used as the basis of color samples in the first-phase questionnaire. Result of the survey showed that the most favorite reading room walls color samples among senior high school and vocation high school students in Kaohsiung City were: light-tone cyan (p16), light gray-tone cyan (ltg16), light-tone magenta (p24). These three colors, together with the original spatial color (white), were used as the simulated reading room walls colors. After testing the spatial colors and the conformity of the paints’ wavelength with the sample colors, walls of the experimental field were painted with latex paint 30BG 23/124, latex paint 10BG 63/143, latex paint 29rr 66/154 and lily white latex paint, The following conclusions were deduced from this study: 1. Light-tone colors were preferred by most test subjects as reading room walls colors. 2. In the light gray-tone cyan (ltg16) (painted with latex paint 30BG 23/124) space, “design group” and “non-design group” subjects had similar level of reception in terms of their visual perception factors. And most subjects did not like to read in this space. 3. In the light-tone cyan (p16) (painted with latex paint 10BG 63/143) space, a bigger difference was found between the reception of “design group” and “non-design group” subjects in terms of their visual perception factors. And the design group tended to have greater preference for reading in a light-tone cyan (p16) space. 4. In the light-tone magenta (p24) (painted with latex paint 29RR 66/154) reading space, “design group” and “non-design group” subjects had similar level of reception in terms of their visual perception factors. And non-design group tended to have greater preference for reading in a light-tone magenta (p24) space. 5. In the white (original) (painted with lily white latex paint) space, “design group” and “non-design group” subjects showed slight difference of reception in terms of their visual perception factors. And most subjects like to read in this space. Key Words：Reading Attitue ﹐Enviornmental Psychology ﹐Space Color Image﹐Visual Perception Factor