Research Design Connections: Glazing Color and Perceived Temperature
Chinazzo and colleagues confirm links previously noted between colors seen and perceived temperature. The researchers report that participants in their study experienced “three colored [window] glazing (orange/blue/neutral). . . . Daylight color significantly affected thermal perception. . . the orange daylight led to warmer thermal perception in (close-to-) comfortable temperatures, resulting in a color-induced thermal perception and indicating that orange glazing should be used with caution in a slightly warm environment. Findings can be applied to the design of buildings using new glazing technologies with saturated colors, such as transparent photovoltaics.” Giorgia Chinazzo, Kynthia Chamilothori, Jan Wienold, and Marilyne Andersen. 2021. “Temperature-Color Interaction: Subjective Indoor Environmental Perception and Physiological Responses in Virtual Reality.” Human Factors, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 474-502, https:///doi.org/10.1177/0018720819892383 Sally Augustin, PhD, a cognitive scientist, is the editor of Research Design Connections (www.researchdesignconnections.com), a monthly subscription newsletter and free daily blog, where recent and classic research in the social, design, and physical …
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