Age and Sex Differences in Children's Color Preferences

Child, Irvin L.; Hansen, Jens Peter; Hornbeck, Frederick W.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.1968.tb04421.x

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“…Based on previous studies, the consistent trend is that blue is one of the most preferred colors and that lightness and saturation have a relationship to emotional responses. However, the majority of color preference studies failed to control confounding variables such as color attributes (hue, lightness, or saturation) and light sources . In addition, previous studies were done with small color chips or papers, which can be different from seeing a color applied on an interior wall.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Saturation was highly correlated with children's preferences in the red, green, blue, and purple hue families. This finding supports Child et al . study that children's color preferences were a positive function of saturation.…”

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“…It is an interesting developmental change that children seem to prefer walls to be the colors that they like in general, whereas adults show context dependent color preferences. Adults preferred saturated colors for contextless squares but they preferred less saturated and lighter colors for walls …”

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“…In interior spaces, light and less saturated colors, such as pastel tones, have been commonly considered for wall colors. In contrast, children prefer highly saturated colors to less saturated ones when color stimuli are used in isolation . Therefore, as many colors as possible from high saturation to low saturation were selected as independent variables for this study.…”

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Correlations between color attributes and children's color preferences

Park

2013

Color Research & Application

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This study examined the role of color attributes (lightness and saturation) on children's color preferences for interior room colors. It also investigated children's most preferred colors among each of the five major hue families in the Munsell color system using scale-models. Previous color preference studies have typically been done with small color chips or papers, which are very different from seeing a color applied on wall surfaces. A simulation method allowed for investigating the value of color in real contexts and controlling confounding variables. Forty-five color samples were displayed on scale-models to 63 children ages 7-11 years old. This study identified children's most preferred colors among each of the five major hue families in Munsell color system. It also demonstrated that saturation was positively correlated with children's preferences in the red, green, blue, and purple hue families. In the yellow hue family, interestingly, lightness has a positive correlation with preferences. Children's gender differences were found in that girls prefer red and purple more than boys. These findings lead to color application guidelines for designers to understand better color and eventually to create improved environments for children and their families. V

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Correlations between color attributes and children's color preferences

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2013

Color Research & Application

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“…However, the majority of color preference studies failed to control the confounding variables such as color attributes [15], [16]. A well-controlled color preference study of psychological patients appears to be non-existent.…”

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Optimal Color Design of Psychological Counseling Room by Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology

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Color is one of the most powerful aspects of a psychological counseling environment. Little scientific research has been conducted on color design and much of the existing literature is based on observational studies. Using design of experiments and response surface methodology, this paper proposes an optimal color design approach for transforming patients’ perception into color elements. Six indices, pleasant-unpleasant, interesting-uninteresting, exciting-boring, relaxing-distressing, safe-fearful, and active-inactive, were used to assess patients’ impression. A total of 75 patients participated, including 42 for Experiment 1 and 33 for Experiment 2. 27 representative color samples were designed in Experiment 1, and the color sample (L = 75, a = 0, b = -60) was the most preferred one. In Experiment 2, this color sample was set as the ‘central point’, and three color attributes were optimized to maximize the patients’ satisfaction. The experimental results show that the proposed method can get the optimal solution for color design of a counseling room.

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Effects of hue, saturation, and brightness on color preference in social networks: Gender‐based color preference on the social networking site Twitter

Fortmann-Roe

2011

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Account information for over 1 million Twitter users was downloaded and analyzed to determine color preference. Blues were found to be the most preferred color, whereas greens were least preferred. Distinct gender-specific differences were found. Males preferred blues to a greater extent than females, whereas females preferred magentas to a much greater extent than males. Males preferred darker colors to a greater extent than women. Density plots within hue, saturation, and brightness space summarize the distribution of color choices and illustrate color preferences for both males and females.

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Age and Sex Differences in Children's Color Preferences

Cited by 32 publications

References 4 publications

Correlations between color attributes and children's color preferences

Correlations between color attributes and children's color preferences

Optimal Color Design of Psychological Counseling Room by Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology

Effects of hue, saturation, and brightness on color preference in social networks: Gender‐based color preference on the social networking site Twitter

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