Liu, Q, Huang, Z, Pointer, MR et al. (3 more authors) (2018) Evaluating colour preference of lighting with an empty light booth. Lighting Research and Technology, 50 (8). pp. 1249-1256. ISSN 1477-1535
Abstract
In our recent work, the colour preference of several LED white lights with different correlated colour temperatures (CCT) was investigated with a wide selection of objects. The results highlighted the dominant effect of light itself on the colour preference of lighting. In this study, we similarly implemented two psychophysical experiments with the same lights but with nothing in the light booth. It was found that the subjective ratings for the lit environment of the empty booth were quite close to those of the previous studies that used various coloured objects. Such a finding corroborates our former conclusion that light dominates colour preference and we suspect that this finding can be attributed either to the colour memory of the observers or to the subconscious effect of human vision. Thus, it seems that for general multi-CCT conditions where the light sources do not have very different gamut shapes or object desaturation/oversaturation properties, the preferred white light could be determined by simply asking the observers to rate their preference for the lit environment of the empty light booth. To verify this wild and interesting conclusion and further clarify its applicability, follow-up studies are needed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Lighting Research & Technology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Design (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 04 Aug 2017 15:24 |
Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2020 11:15 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477153517727330 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119777 |