The Emotional Interaction between Lighting and Music

Abstract

The light waves lead to the sensation of seeing, and the sound waves make the effects of hearing. More and more lighting projects will combine music to create a more exciting performance. Pay attention to the lighting design together with the music choice will be a new challenge for the designer. In this research work, the synesthesia theory is introduced to explain and guide the designer to plan a lighting project with music effects. The experimental results show that the superposition of two positively related emotional environmental factors can strengthen the effect on emotions. The environmental fusion of music in major and warm white light or the environmental fusion of music in minor and colored light can increase the emotional arousal and enhance empathy emotion. The superimposition of two negatively related emotional environmental factors will have a weaker effect on emotions. The subject's arousal is mainly affected by music environmental stimuli.