Colour Perception on Facial Expression towards Emotion
Abstract: This study is to
investigate human perceptions on pairing of facial expressions of emotion with
colours. A group of 27 subjects consisting mainly of younger and Malaysian had
participated in this study. For each of the seven faces, which express the
basic emotions neutral, happiness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear and sadness,
a single colour is chosen from the eight basic colours for the “match” of best
visual look to the face accordingly. The different emotions appear well
characterized by a single colour. The approaches used in this experiment for
analysis are psychology disciplines and colours engineering. These seven
emotions are being matched by the subjects with their perceptions and feeling.
Then, 12 male and 12 female data are randomly chosen from among the previous
data to make a colour perception comparison between genders. The successes or
failures in running of this test depend on the possibility of subjects to
propose their every single colour for each expression. The result will
translate into number and percentage as a guide for colours designers and
psychology field.
Author: Ching Yee Yong, Rubita
Sudirman, Kim Mey Chew
Journal Code: jptkomputergg120108
