Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics of color preference(interior color preference and general. color preference) and preferred color scheme of the youth and the elderly. This is to proffer basic data for the color planning of the youth and the elderly. The color preference study was carried out with 50 color chips and preferred color scheme study was carried out with 25 interior color scheme. The research was conducted with the youth 50 sample and the elderly 51 sample. The analysis used spss program. The results of this study are as follows;1) In general color perference, most of the youth preferred PB and GY, and the elderly preferred RP. According to tone, two groups preferred pale, bright and vivid tone. 2) In interior color perference, most of the youth preferred GY and Y, and the elderly preferred PB and YR. According to tone, two groups preferred pale tone. Compared with general color perference and interior color perference, the youth had the similarity in preference profile, but the elderly didn', there was the outstanding difference in the perference of B, PB, P and RP. 3) In the preference of interior scheme, two groups preferred GY-analogous harmony1, G-analogous harmony1 and RP-analogous harmony1. According to age, the youth preferred Y-analogous harmony2 and PB-analogous harmony1, and the elderly preferred YR-analogous harmony1 and RP-complementary harmony1. On the whole, two groups more preferred analogous harmony than complementary harmony, and preferred type1(tone difference is slight). But there was the significant difference in analogous harmony of cool color.