The Color Liking and Object Color Preferences of 48-84 Month-old Children According to the Gender

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 163 - 178, 31.08.2023

Aysel Ferah Özcan , Hilal İlknur Tunçeli

Abstract

This study used a descriptive approach to determine the color liking and object color preferences of 48–84-month-old children. A total of 359 children participated, including 137 kindergarteners and 212 first graders. The information was gathered through the participants' verbal responses to questions on their three favorite and three least favorite colors: t-shirt, trousers, bag, ball, school, house, hair, and tree. According to the study, young children preferred bright, warm colors like pink, red, and blue over darker colors like black and neutral shades of brown and gray. Pink was the color that boys participants detested the most. Girls and boys differed in their rankings of preferred clothing colors for items like T-shirts (pink, blue, and yellow) and trousers (pink, blue, black, and red), for example. Pink, red, blue, white, and yellow were the colors that young children preferred for settings like home and school. Consequently, the study's implications suggest that the design of educational environments, attention-capturing instructional materials, textbooks, and child-specific consumer products should all consider the color preferences of children.

Keywords

color, gender, color preferences, early childhood, children

Thanks

We would like to thank Eslem Gozde SENOZ for her precious contribution to the study.

48-84 Aylık Çocukların Cinsiyete Göre Renk Beğenileri ve Nesne Renk Tercihleri

Abstract

48-84 aylık çocukların ren beğenileri ve nesne-varlık renk tercihlerini belirlemek amacıyla yapılan bu araştırma betimsel tarama modelinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmaya 137 anasınıfı, 212 ilkokul birinci sınıf öğrencisi olmak üzere toplam 359 öğrenci katılmıştır. Veriler, en sevdiği-sevmediği üç renk; tişört-pantolon, çanta, top, okul, ev, saç ve ağacın rengini belirlemeye yönelik katılımcılara sözel olarak sorulan sorulara verilen yanıtlardan elde edilmiştir. Katılımcıların renk beğenileri ve nesne-varlık renk tercihleri cinsiyet ve yaş düzeyine göre yüzdelik olarak hesaplanmıştır. Araştırmada küçük çocukların daha çok pembe, kırmızı, mavi gibi parlak ve sıcak renkleri sevdikleri; en sevmedikleri renklerin ise siyah ve kahverengi, gri gibi renkler olduğu belirlenmiştir. Erkek katılımcıların en sevmedikleri renkler arasında pembe gelmektedir. Tişört (pembe, mavi, sarı) ve pantolon (pembe, mavi, siyah, kırmızı) gibi giysilere yönelik renk tercihlerinin kız ve erkekler arasında sıralamalarının değiştiği görülmüştür. Saç gibi doğal nesne ve ağaç gibi doğal bir varlığa yönelik renk tercihlerinde ise gerçekçi dönemin ve çocukların oyuncaklarında kullanılan renklerin izleri olabileceği düşünülmektedir. Küçük çocukların ev ve okul gibi mekân renk tercihleri ise pembe, kırmızı, mavi, beyaz ve sarı gibi renklerde yoğunlaşmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda çocukların en beğendikleri renklerin okul ortamı tasarımlarında, eğitim durumları düzenlenmesi esnasında dikkat çekme ve ders işleniş materyallerinde, ders kitaplarında ve çocuğa özgü üretim yapan sektörlerde dikkate alınması önerilmiştir

Keywords

renk, cinsiyet, renk tercihi, erken çocukluk, çocuklar

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