Flowers – Sunshine for the soul! How does floral colour influence preference, feelings of relaxation and positive up-lift?

ZHANG, Liwen; Dempsey, Nicola; Cameron, Ross

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127795

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“…Previous studies have confirmed the influence of color physical characteristics have a significant impact on scenic beauty of forest landscape [23], and visual comfort of subway space [24]. For example, the blue and white flower colors are perceived as the most relaxing, while orange, white, yellow, and red flower colors are deemed the most exciting [11]. Generally, people have different emotional responses to colors under different conditions of color saturation [25].…”

Section: Factors Affecting Landscape Perception and Preferencementioning

confidence: 85%

“…[10]. In another example, blue flowers are found to play an effective role in relaxation and stress reduction, while flowers in orange, yellow, and red evoke uplifted emotions and deliver better positive affect [11]. In general, human emotions can be categorized positive, neutral, and negative categories, and people's emotions toward the color landscape can similarly be roughly divided into these three categories [12,13].…”

Section: Association Between Color and Emotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

Zhang,

Chen,

Dewancker

et al. 2024

Buildings

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Addressing the emotional needs of the elderly in urban space design has increasingly become a vital concern. This study innovatively integrates emotional theories with the design of community outdoor spaces, thereby expanding the research on emotional categorization in urban spaces. At 8 community outdoor space sites in Yi Jie Qu, China, 330 elderly residents were randomly recruited to assess their color emotional responses (CER) to the color landscapes of these spaces. Based on the Affective Circumplex Model and Japanese Color Image Theory, a Color Emotion Circumplex was constructed to visually represent the overall emotional tendencies and significant positive emotions of the elderly. The second innovation of this research lies in exploring the driving factors behind positive emotional responses of the elderly, the primary user group of community outdoor spaces. We analyzed the significant differences in CER between autumn and winter scenes, employing variance analysis, correlation, and regression to investigate the substantial effects of individual factors and color characteristics on positive CER. The study discovered that the elderly exhibit a stronger CER towards clean and healthy emotions. Notably, CER was more pronounced in autumn scenes compared to winter. Furthermore, educational level, visit frequency, and color brightness positively influenced positive CER, whereas walking time from residence and the color area ratios of blue and gray negatively impacted CER. These findings not only provide a theoretical basis for age-friendly color design in community spaces, but also offer new perspectives and practical guidance for the international community planning and design domain. Our research underscores the importance of incorporating the emotional needs of the elderly into urban space design, offering novel theoretical and practical guidance for future urban planning and community design.

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Section: Factors Affecting Landscape Perception and Preferencementioning

confidence: 85%

Section: Association Between Color and Emotionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

Zhang,

Chen,

Dewancker

et al. 2024

Buildings

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“…Although Wilson aimed to collect as many different plant species as possible, historical, cultural, scientific, and educational influences may have contributed to the unevenness in the number of plant species collected. Notable examples include Rhododendron L. (828 specimens), Acer L. (690 specimens), Prunus L. (646 specimens), and Pinus L. (514 specimens), which possess aesthetically pleasing features in terms of flower type [52], leaf shape, leaf color, and fruit appearance, resulting in variations in the number of specimens collected by Wilson.…”

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A Survey and Analysis of the History of Ernest Henry Wilson’s Specimen Collections in China

Zou,

Shi,

Liao

et al. 2024

Forests

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Since the mid-17th century, Western plant collectors have explored Asia, particularly China, to collect native species for economic and botanical development. Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) stands among the foremost figures in this pursuit. He conducted five plant collections in China between 1899 and 1918, gaining recognition for numerous valuable ornamental species. However, precise details such as the total number of specimens, a comprehensive species list, and the collection locations remained elusive, hindering a thorough assessment of his scientific contributions. To address this gap, we compiled data from various online databases and relevant publications, constructing a comprehensive dataset encompassing species names, collection dates, locations, and additional pertinent information. Employing Python, we organized and translated the species names and locations, facilitating analysis of families, genera, species, and the completeness and preferences of his collection. The conclusions drawn from the available data include 19,218 specimens, with 11,884 collection numbers, belonging to 200 families, 1046 genera, and 3794 species (including 342 infraspecific taxa). Wilson exhibited a preference for woody and flowering plants, resulting in a collection completeness of 25%. His collection spanned seven provinces, 28 prefecture-level cities, and 38 county-level areas, underscoring his significant contributions to the global dissemination of Chinese plant knowledge. This study conducts a comprehensive analysis of the plant specimens collected by Wilson in China, investigating their taxonomy, distribution, and historical context and evaluating Wilson’s contribution to plant dissemination. The findings serve as a valuable reference for subsequent biodiversity research endeavors.

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“…Hence, our commentary on transformative service and sustainability is in this vein. More research is needed, and one key challenge we present here out of numerous opportunities is for the sector to innovate on ecosystemic thinking [22], service ecosystems [32,99], transformative service [26], and sustainability in terms of social value and good health and well-being in all its wondrous forms as a starting point for creative, interested individuals and collectives [29,56,75,[84][85][86][87]100,101].…”

Section: Social Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

“…From a health perspective, botanic gardens provide opportunities for stress reduction, increased physical activity, reduced mental fatigue, and enhanced mood [82,83]. Exposure to botanical biodiversity also stimulates interest in learning about plants, gardening, and medicine, while engagement and exercise in such greenspace offers both preventative and therapeutic health benefits [84][85][86][87]. Botanic gardens are thus also well positioned to utilize their living collections, programming, and partnerships to catalyze service innovations that contribute to good health and well-being across communities, regions, nations, and for visitors and guests the world over.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Botanic Garden Tourism, Social Value, Health, and Well-Being

Catahan,

Hopwood,

Suraweera

2024

JZBG

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Many botanic gardens are flourishing, and many others can learn from those leading the way; at the same time, all can form new allegiances informed by service research. We developed this paper to plant seeds for different stakeholders interested in putting a spotlight on botanic garden tourism opportunities. It is in response to a call to action by many stakeholders across the botanic garden sector for greater public engagement, to challenge plant awareness disparity, and to ensure the vitality and viability of the sector. Our commentary considers positive, transformative service making, marketing, management, and development. We recommend holistic, integrated services via ecosystemic thinking and collaborative partnerships across the sector and with non-traditional partnerships in the design of sustainable service ecosystems. It is envisaged that service research will spur on a more responsible, ethical, moral enterprise and sustainable botanic garden tourism with opportunities to drive positive, transformative change in meeting sustainable development goals for the good of plants, people, and planet.

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Flowers – Sunshine for the soul! How does floral colour influence preference, feelings of relaxation and positive up-lift?

Cited by 19 publications

References 69 publications

Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

Emotional Landscapes in Urban Design: Analyzing Color Emotional Responses of the Elderly to Community Outdoor Spaces in Yi Jie Qu

A Survey and Analysis of the History of Ernest Henry Wilson’s Specimen Collections in China

Botanic Garden Tourism, Social Value, Health, and Well-Being

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