• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.26 no.8
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• pp.1165-1176
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• 2002

This study intended to provide more refined information on color preferences by systematizing the concept of the color preference(general color preference, apparel color preference) and revealing different trends in the color preference and the actual possession of apparels. We collected data from 303 females in the ages between 20 and 40 in Seoul and analyzed by paired t-test. The results were as follows: 1. The analysis on general color preference, apparel color preference, and apparel possession color revealed that the cold colors such as blue and violet marked higher, and the warm colors such as yellow and orange marked lower in general color preference. For apparel color preference, neutral and brown were among the highest and the rest of the colors were in the same trend as general color preference. Apparel possession color showed defined accordance with apparel color preference. In terms of tones, pale tone marked the highest in general color preference and was followed by vivid, dull, and dark tones in decreasing order. For apparel color preference, pastel, dul1, and dark tones were among the highest. 2. Comparison between general color preference and apparel color preference in terms of hue showed that, except for orange, every hue showed disagreement in general color preference and apparel color preference. Neutral and brown hues marked higher in apparel color preference than in general color preference where as a]1 the other hues marked higher in general color preference. Comparison between apparel color preference and apparel possession color in terms of hue revealed that in most hues, apparel possession color was lower than apparel color preference. In terms of tones, vivid and pale tones marked higher in general color preference than in apparel color preference while dull and dark tones marked higher in apparel color preference than in general color preference.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.188-199
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• 2003

This study intended to analyze the differences in (general & apparel) color preference and possession of apparel color preference(POA) by influential factors(fashion involvement, age, body-size and body- cathexis). We collected data from 303 females in the ages of 20's and 40's living in Seoul. The results were as follows; As a result of factor analysis, the fashion involvement was categorized into three aspects: coordinating fashion involvement, opinion-leading fashion involvement, and innovating fashion involve ment. There were significant differences among fashion involvement groups in the color preference and POA. Also the significant differences in color preferences and POA by ages and body-size were found. But in the analysis based on body-cathexis, no noticeable variance between different groups were found.

• Proceedings of KHEA Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.140-140
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• 2005

• Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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• v.52 no.7
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• pp.87-102
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• 2002

This study is designed to find women's makeup color preferences according to their pursuing clothing image and clothing behavior. Subjects were 515 women. from 18 years to 40 years old, who are interested in color makeup and use various products. The SPSS statistical program was used for analyzing the demonstrative results of questionnaire survey. The results of this study are as follows : 1. According to color makeup preference by the pursuing image in clothing. those groups who want to have conservative and neat image and who prefer feminine and intellectual image showed the preference of brown lipsticks and eye-shadows, while groups who want to have vivid image preferred orange lipsticks and pink eye-shadows. 2. In the case of casuals, all groups preferred pink eye-shadows and lipsticks. While those groups who want to have intellectual image preferred brown lines after pint groups who want to have sexy and vivid image preferred orange and red lipsticks and blue and green eye- shadows. 3. In preference comparison of color makeup by clothing behavior, those groups who attach practicality, symbol for social status. and social acknowledgment preferred red and brown lipsticks, and brown eye-shadows. 4. In the case of wearing casuals, all groups liked pink eye-shadows and lipsticks the best. whereas the group who want to have social acknowledgment Preferred beige lipsticks and brown eye-shadows.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Costume Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.40-40
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 재킷, 와이셔츠, 넥타이 색과 지각자의 성별에 따른 남성 정장착용자의 이미지 지각의 차이를 밝히고, 성별 및 연령에 따른 남성 의복의 색 선호도의 차이를 조사하는 데 있었다. 연구방법은 준실험방법이며, 피험자간(between-subjects) 실험설계를 사용하였다. 2$\times$2$\times$2$\times$2의 요인설계로서 지각자의 성별(2), 재킷 색(2), 와이셔츠 색(2), 넥타이 색(2)을 독립변인으로 사용하였다. 재킷 색은 진남색과 회색을 택하였고, 와이셔츠 색은 흰색과 파란색이었으며 넥타이 색은 빨강과 파랑이었다. 이미지 지각을 측정하는 문항은 6개 차원의 7점 양극 형용사 쌍으로 구성된 의미미분척도였으며, 그 차원은 능력, 품위, 활동성, 선호평가, 남성성, 현시성이었다. 피험자는 서울 시내에 거주하는 20, 30대 남녀 각각 132명씩 총 264명이었다. 자료분석은 SPSS 프로그램을 사용하였으며, 통계 분석방법은 Cronbach의 $\alpha$-신뢰도 계수 산출, t-검증, 사원변량분석, 이원변량분석, 일원변량분석과 Duncan의 다중범위검증을 실시하였다.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.938-949
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• 2013

This study aimed to provide the basic data of the establishment of marketing strategies by dividing consumer groups in accordance with the pursuit of clothing benefit, and then understanding the importance of clothing selection criteria in those groups, whether there are any differences in it between groups, and whether there are any differences in preference of clothing color depending on the mood state of those groups. The scale of this study was comprised of the pursuit of clothing benefit factors, clothing selection criteria factors, and the factors related to preference of clothing color by each mood state. In the results of the analysis, the factor most considered when male and female consumers in 20s~30s purchase clothing was fitting, and followed by convenience, stable shape, condition, design, and others' reaction in order. However, those 'design', 'convenience', 'others' reaction' and 'condition' factors were significantly different between groups. Therefore, the significance of this study is that fashion brands could develop new positioning maps for marketing and promotional strategies based on the pursuit of clothing benefit shown in this study.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.27 no.7
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• pp.851-861
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• 2003

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effect of perceiver's fashion involvement, clothing color, and background of object person on image perceptions of clothing, and to examine how clothing color preference vary according to perceiver's fashion involvement. Subjects were 273 college women in the metropolitan area of Seoul. The T-shirt was changed into 11 colors by using the CAD system. Five factors were derived to account for the dimensions of image perception. These were individuality, elegance, femininity, activity, and neatness. Perceiver's fashion involvement gave a significant influence on perception of individuality. Clothing color gave significant influences on 5 image dimensions. White and beige were evaluated neat image. Neatness factor had an interaction effect by fashion involvement and clothing color. The high involvement group evaluated white and beige shirt more neatly, and orange and yellow less neatly than the low involvement group. Individuality and elegance had an interaction effect by fashion involvement and background of object person. The high involvement group liked red, violet, and black shirt more than the low involvement. Refined and becomingness image gave significant influences on clothing color preference in both high and low involvement groups.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.964-975
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• 2000

The purposes of this study were to analyze the color preference for clothing of Korean male and female adults and to provide the useful data for the fashion color planning. The result of this study showed that the preferences in hue and tone are different mainly by season. The most preferred colors in clothing are YR, B and Y. Y is preferred in spring, B and W in summe, YR in fall, Gy and Black in winter. The most preferred tones in clothing are pale tone in spring and summer, dark tone in fall and winter. The color preference for casual wear is more varied than the color preference for formal wear. The tones of low saturation are preferred for formal wear and the tones of high saturation are preferred for casual wear.

• The Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.63-70
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• 1997

The objective of this study was to investigate the color preference and the recognition of color names among college students. The study revealed the following: 1) The most favorite colors included blue, purple, white and green in that order; and the least favorite colors included achromatic colors, ocher and red in that order. 2) Brown was the favorite color in furniture while red was the disliked color; In colthing, white was preferred while red was disliked; Red was appropriate for accent colors, and bright colors were for product packages. 3) In regards with seasonal image, yellow, blue, brown and white were associated with spring, summer, fall and winter, respectively; Blue represented self-image most. 4) Black, grey, red and green in that order showed the higest recognitions in color names while indigo, crimson, deep carmine and havy blue showed the lowesR ; Color name recognitions showed the order of achomatic, neutial, warm and cool colors.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.33 no.6
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• pp.990-1001
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of perceiver's gender, clothing, and hairstyle on the visual evaluation of men's professionalism and preference. A quasi-experimental method by questionnaire was used. The experimental design was a $2\times8\times2$ (perceiver's gender $\times$ clothing $\times$ hairstyle) factorial design by 3 independent variables. The stimuli were 16 photographs of a man in his twenties. The upper clothing of the man included tailored collar jackets in beige and dark blue colors, and jumpers and sweaters in beige, dark blue, and red colors. The lower clothing of the men included jean pants. Two types of the hairstyles included short hair and medium length hair. The subjects were 208 men and 223 women in Seoul, Korea. Wearing a beige sweater with jean pants was evaluated high in intellectual image, a red jumper was perceived low in intellectual image, and a beige tailored collar jacket was evaluated low in potent image. Men's short hairstyle was evaluated to be more professional than the medium length hair. Male perceivers liked short hair more than medium length hair, but female perceivers evaluated both hairstyles similarly. In the case of women, the preferences of tailored collared jacket and soutien collared jumper were similar, but jumper was preferred to jacket in the case of men. Male perceivers showed more positive feedback towards jean pants with soutien collared jumper than jeans with tailored collared jacket, which indicated that men showed more conservative attitude towards the outfit than women. The man who was wearing a jumper with short hair was evaluated positively and the man who was wearing a jacket with medium length hair was evaluated negatively when the attires were coordinated with jean pants. In conclusion, medium length hairstyle with a beige jacket and short hairstyle with a red sweater were evaluated as professional image; and the results indicated that clothing and hairstyle interact with each other and influence the evaluation of professionalism.