Against the backdrop of rapid urban development, public demand for emotionally restorative environments is increasing. As the most accessible natural spaces in cities, parks can create differentiated landscape atmospheres through variations in flower color, thereby influencing public emotions. However, existing studies have mainly focused on the emotional effects of single flower colors, while insufficient attention has been paid to the emotional impacts of color combinations. Taking urban parks as the research context, this study employed image simulation and questionnaire surveys to explore the effects of single-color and combined-color flowers on public emotional responses. The results showed that significant differences existed among age and gender groups in their perception of cool-colored environments. Among single-color flowers, warm colors were more likely to stimulate emotional uplift, whereas cool colors were more likely to promote relaxation. In color-combination settings, combinations with consistent tonal tendencies tended to maintain the emotional direction of single colors, and cool colors were more likely to serve as key cues influencing the overall emotional experience in mixed-color environments. The findings provide references for emotion-oriented flower border design and the creation of therapeutic park landscapes.
Key words
Nature-based Healing /
Flower Color /
Color Combination /
Uplift /
Relaxation
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