The effects of achromatic and chromatic color schemes on participants' task performance in and appraisals of an office environment
Author
Öztürk, E.
Yilmazer, S.
Ural, S. E.
Date
2012-10Source Title
Color Research and Application
Print ISSN
0361-2317
Publisher
Wiley Periodicals
Volume
37
Issue
5
Pages
359 - 366
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
This study explores the effects of chroma on participants' performance and environmental appraisal of an office. The research was conducted in a full-scale experimental room designed as a private office where achromatic and chromatic color schemes with coequal values were applied. Sixty participants were assigned tasks and given a questionnaire to appraise the spatial color schemes. The findings show that chroma significantly affects performance and space appraisal. In terms of accuracy and time spent performance scores measured significantly better in the room with the chromatic scheme than those in the room with the achromatic scheme. The office with the chromatic scheme was found to be more pleasant, attractive, satisfying and dynamic than the one with the achromatic scheme, whereas the achromatic scheme was thought to be more formal and harmonious. Categorization of pleasantness, harmony, dynamism and spaciousness by factor analysis also showed differences between the achromatic and chromatic schemes.
Keywords
Chroma, achromatic and chromatic color schemesEnvironmental appraisal
Office environment
Task performance
Chromatic colors
Color schemes
Environmental appraisal
Office environments
Task performance
Time spent
Chemistry
Color
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