Open AccessTHE IMPACT OF COLOUR ON STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION IN LEARNING SPACES
Author(s) -
Salahaddin Yasin Baper,
Husein Ali Husein,
Sazgar Samir Salim
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ tikrīt li-l-ʻulūm al-handasiyyaẗ/tikrit journal of engineering sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2312-7589
pISSN - 1813-162X
DOI - 10.25130/tjes.28.2.03
Subject(s) - perception , curiosity , affect (linguistics) , psychology , worry , mood , social psychology , space (punctuation) , feeling , computer science , communication , anxiety , neuroscience , psychiatry , operating system
Color has a crucial impact on students’ perception. It encourages the learningatmosphere to be affiliated with the anticipated learning outcomes. The purpose ofthis study is to investigate the impacts of contextual colors on student’s perceptionof interior spaces and to validate previous related studies that emphasize on colorsas a media to convey meanings that affect behaviors and students’ perception aswell. Accordingly, the objective of this study is to determine and validate previousrelated studies regarding the impact of background color on student’s perception.Meanwhile the study evaluates the previous relevant models in order to validate orreject previous assumptions. The study concentrates on quantitative surveymethod using in depth questionnaire to determine student’s perception at UHDUniversity of Human Development, Sulaimani. Seven Colors from Munsell colorsystem (yellow, green, blue, purple, white, and black, grey) are applied in the testin order to indicate the students’ perceptual status. The results show that coolcolors like white, green and blue are mostly recommended for educational spaces.These colors affected positively the perception of respondents and add feeling ofhope, curiosity and satisfaction to the group. In contrast dark colors (black andgrey) are indicated as colors of worry and fear. The findings demonstrate thatenvironments colors play an important effect on student’s perception. The studyconcluded that colors affect the behavior, performance and mood of the spaceusers.