Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: In the realm of Central Anatolian architectural offices, the research provides essential insights into how color transcends its aesthetic realm to become a strong agent for maintaining cultural history, developing emotional connections, and influencing the fundamental character of interior spaces.This study investigates the multidimensional significance of color in interior design.Colors have long been acknowledged for their power to elicit emotions, create atmospheres, and reference cultural and historical contexts in interior spaces.Understanding the subtle ways in which color works beyond its outward appeal is critical for interior designers who want to create homes that engage with inhabitants on numerous levels.This study aims to investigate how interior designers use color intentionally to provoke emotions, create atmospheres, and reference cultural and historical contexts within interior architecture.The study's goal is to identify trends and variances in approach among designers by investigating the effects of gender and educational background on color selecting techniques.The goal is to give insights into more successful and culturally relevant color choices in interior design.Data were gathered through a combination of questionnaires and interviews with interior designers of various educational backgrounds and gender identities.Participants were questioned about their color choosing methods, including their thoughts, preferences, and techniques.The study examined these replies to discover common themes and variances by gender and educational level.The findings demonstrate that interior designers agree on the role of color in defining interior environments.However, substantial differences were found based on gender and education.Male designers tended to focus overcoming differences between their tastes and those of their clients, particularly in terms of contrast and harmony.Designers with Bachelor's degrees, on the other hand, emphasized the use of color to highlight design aspects and elicit cultural allusions.In conclusion, this study emphasizes the complex character of color in interior architecture, as well as the need of recognizing its emotional, atmospheric, and cultural components.Interior designers may create places that are not only physically beautiful, but also emotionally resonant and culturally significant, by identifying and incorporating these characteristics into the design process.The findings provide vital insights into more nuanced and successful color choosing processes in interior design, thereby improving the overall quality and experience of interior spaces.
DOI: 10.29228/jasss.77266
Author: Masoumeh KHANZADEH
Language: Turkish
Topic: Color perception and design
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403350223