Study on Evaluation of Impression About Color in Built Environment in Germany

Abstract

This study focuses on color in built environment in Germany and evaluation of impression about it. Urban landscape in Germany is generally famous for its beauty in visual. Especially, color of buildings is the influential factor of that. Colorscape in Germany is characteristic in that it is mainly constructed by colors of natural materials and also some vivid or bright colors can be seen. We can say that there is strong relationship between human aesthetic to urban landscape and those characteristic colors. The purpose of this study is to reveal subjects' evaluation of impression about colorscape in Germany. For this purpose, this study especially focuses on subjects' image about colorscape, in addition to the analysis of evaluation of impression. This study consists of two researches: (1) research on image of colorscape, and (2) research on evaluation of impression about colorscape. From the research (1), the patterns of subjects' image about colorscape in Germany are revealed. They are following two: (�) colors of natural materials, and (�) vivid, bright colors and its variety. And from the research (2), the details of subjects' evaluation of impression about colorscape in Germany are revealed. They are following three: (�) unity of colors, (�) colors of natural materials, and (�) partly emerged vivid, bright colors. The subjects' aesthetic to colorscape in Germany can be explained by those factors.