The effect of color light combination on preference for living room

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of combination of color accent light and white ambient light on the people's preference for living room considering the activities. 60 observers participated the two parts of the study. A psychophysical evaluation experiment was conducted to examine the effects of various illumination settings on preference for the lighting room depending on 5 specific activities. The various illumination setting were characterized by 3 levels of correlated color temperature (CCT) of main light, 3 levels of illumination of main light and 7 colors of upper light. The results showed that people preferred different illuminance settings depending on the activities. And the best light setting were listed.