This study focuses on children's color preferences in the interior environment. Previous studies highlight young children's preferences for the colors red and blue. The methods of this study used a rank ordering technique and a semi-structured interview process with 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children. Findings reveal that children prefer the color…

Imaginative interiors displaying stars, stripes, flowers, and bands of contrasting colors, stimulate the interest and pride of both students and teachers. Pictures included. (Author)

Provides some helpful recommendations in color planning for school facilities. (LN)

A multilevel, child-sized area was built into an existing classroom to provide for more efficient space utilization and to brighten up the room. (EJS)

Describes the restoration to original form of a modern, semicircular dormitory lounge at Vassar College, which was designed by Eero Saarinen in the 1950s. (EV)

Discusses the appropriate use of colors in school libraries. Highlights include how colors affect students' learning and behavior; influences on users' moods; users' ages; the use of colors to bring out the best physical attributes; and the use of color for floor coverings, window treatments, furnishings, and accessories. (LRW)

In selecting an overall color scheme for a facility, start with the largest areas first. The carpeting followed by the walls, then furniture and other accessories. Because color can affect people emotionally and behaviorally, consideration should be given to who will be using the space. (MLF)

A school architect offers planning guidelines for utilitarian, good-looking interior environments. (Author/DN)

The new faculty club at Pennsylvania State University designed by Venturi and Rauch, is praised for its siting, but criticized for the institutional colors of the interior and lack of accommodation to human needs. (MLF)

Illustrated article describing an educational park facility designed to make each student proud to identify with his chosen trade, to understand its relevancy in a cooperative effort, and to realize its importance to the community -- through the use of bold color and supergraphics.'' (Author/EA)

Discusses recent research on how light and color affect bodily functions. (Author)

Discusses studies showing that color and light have a significant influence on how students learn and retain information (for example, daylight is much more beneficial than fluorescent light). Describes how many architects and designers are now incorporating these findings into their work in schools. (EV)

Classroom environmental factors that promote or inhibit a climate facilitating learning are discussed, and general principles that may serve as a guide to developing effective classroom settings are presented. (MJB)

This bulletin discusses the use of color in school buildings and describes those colors specifically designed for use in schools. Part I discusses the difficulty of using color in physical environments where many different and often conflicting needs must be met, encourages the systematic consideration of these needs, and suggests principles or…