Figures and Their Visual Impression Part 1: Squares Divided by Straight Lines and Effect of Colouring by Colouring by Two Colours (1)

Abstract

Squares of 10 cm side have been prepared as a fundamental figure and have been divided into fractions by 5,7,8,9 or 10 straight lines drawn at random. The fractions thus divided have been coloured by two colours. Such 50 squares in total have been drawn and their visual impression have been expressed by using 20 kinds of terms by 50 women students and then presented by the numerical values and finally been converted into image scores. The visual impression of figures have statist ically been compared by these image scores. On the other hand, the figures have quantitatively been represented and the parameters expressing these figures have been connected with image scores by the multi-regression equations. The results obtained are as follows: (1) Experimental study have revealed that no significant difference is found between the visual impression of figures and combination of colours. (2) The effect of physical parameters of the figure on the visual impression has shown that the greater number of sides and the smaller total of the number of sides of a figure give more desirable visual impression. © 1979, The Japan Research Association for Textile End-Uses. All rights reserved.