Effect of the light on the psychological appearance and photometry of three-dimensionally formed colored objects was studied by using draped fabrics. A fluorescent lamp having 5000 K in correlated color temperature and three kinds of polyester fabrics were used. The emotions of twelve women subjects who look at draped fabrics of various colored lawn,
habutaeand satin were examined by Semantic Differential method. The satin fabrics were made from Deforl
®of a specialized polyester yarn. The factor analysis of SD data has shown that a stereoscopical appearance was extracted as the first sensational factor for all three fabrics. Then, for lawn and Deforl
®satin, an elegant appearance was extracted as the second sensational factor.
On the other hand, the spectral radiance, radiance and chromaticity of fifteen parts of a draped fabric were measured by spectroradiometer from 380 to 760 nm of wavelength.
The lower the radiance of color samples, the more stereoscopical appearance were recognized. On the color samples of higher radiance, the large radiance differences were examined not only between the parts of concave and convex surfaces but also among the parts of upper, middle and bottom of a draped fabric. However, the appearances of them seemed plain. The reciprocal relation was also recognized between an elegant appearance and the radiance. And the large chromaticity differences between concave and convex surfaces were examined about color samples of medium radiance.
In order to be looked stereoscopically and elegantly, it was seemed that the draped fabric would have medium radiance of surface, in other words, about 5-20% of medium luminous reflectance Y (%) as object color.
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