Qu Chunshuo, Dong Jianfei, Wang Weijia
School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
Key Laboratory of Cold Regions Urban Rural Human Settlement Environment Science and Technology Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Harbin, China.
Front Psychol. 2025 May 9;16:1588644. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1588644. eCollection 2025.
Urban color is a crucial visual component of urban aesthetics, directly reflecting national traditional aesthetic consciousness and historical culture, and holding significant aesthetic value and research relevance. As a key factor in urban color studies, color preference significantly impacts human behavior and plays a vital role in urban planning and development. However, a comprehensive and systematic understanding of urban color preferences remains underexplored. This study examines 379 relevant studies using bibliometric review methods and literature visualization tools, classifying, and synthesizing them according to research hotspots and fields. Four primary categories influencing urban color preference were identified: personal attributes, socio-cultural influences, environmental space, and dynamic factors. The analysis also highlights the psychological mechanisms underlying color preference, including its effects on emotional regulation, cognitive processing, and social identity. The findings contribute to the field by offering a data-driven framework for understanding urban color preferences and proposing practical applications for urban planning. The study emphasizes the importance of color preference in promoting human well-being and sustainable urban development, with implications for future interdisciplinary research.
城市色彩是城市美学的关键视觉组成部分，直接反映民族传统审美意识和历史文化，具有重要的审美价值和研究意义。作为城市色彩研究的关键因素，色彩偏好对人类行为有显著影响，在城市规划与发展中起着至关重要的作用。然而，对城市色彩偏好的全面系统理解仍有待深入探索。本研究运用文献计量学综述方法和文献可视化工具，对379项相关研究进行了考察，并根据研究热点和领域进行分类与综合。确定了影响城市色彩偏好的四个主要类别：个人属性、社会文化影响、环境空间和动态因素。分析还突出了色彩偏好背后的心理机制，包括其对情绪调节、认知加工和社会认同的影响。这些发现为理解城市色彩偏好提供了一个数据驱动的框架，并为城市规划提出了实际应用建议，从而为该领域做出了贡献。该研究强调了色彩偏好在促进人类福祉和可持续城市发展方面的重要性，对未来的跨学科研究具有启示意义。
