Influence of Color in the Work Area of Spacecraft on Astronauts' Emotions

WANG Meiqi; YAO Xiang; YAO Wenhao; LIU Jun; JIANG Ao

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.18.009

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (18) : 96-104. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.18.009

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Influence of Color in the Work Area of Spacecraft on Astronauts' Emotions

WANG Meiqi¹, YAO Xiang^2,*, YAO Wenhao¹, LIU Jun¹, JIANG Ao³

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The work aims to clarify the influence of the color in the spacecraft work area on the emotions of astronauts. In the aerospace context, based on the PAD emotional perception model, a color emotion perception study with the color environment as a variable was conducted through synchronous measurement by subjective evaluation and electroencephalogram signal detection. From the subjective results, both male and female subjects thought that the red environment had poor pleasure, light gray was better, followed by the white. The arousal level was higher in the white environment. Male subjects had better dominance of emotions in the light gray environment and worse in the red environment. In the subjective evaluation of dominance by female subjects, there was no significant difference in the results of these five colors, but light gray scored higher. From the objective results, in terms of pleasure, both male and female subjects felt better in the white environment, followed by light gray, and had poor pleasure in the red environment. At the level of arousal, both male and female subjects had higher negative emotions in the red and green environments. The white environment had a lower arousal level, namely, a better emotional feeling. Both male and female subjects had higher dominance in the white environment, followed by light gray and dark gray. The dominance was poor in the red environment. Generally speaking, white and light gray are more suitable as the main colors used in the design of the spacecraft work area. This result can be used as a sample library and reference for the color design of the spacecraft work area, and is also applicable to other environmental color designs that adjust psychological feelings through colors.

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color design / emotional regulation / electroencephalogram signal / subjective evaluation / work area of spacecraft

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WANG Meiqi, YAO Xiang, YAO Wenhao, LIU Jun, JIANG Ao. Influence of Color in the Work Area of Spacecraft on Astronauts' Emotions[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2025, 46(18): 96-104 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.18.009

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