ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF GLOBALIZATION USERS’ COLOR PREFERENCES OVER LIVING SPACE FURNITURE

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The concept of globalization has taken many topics under its influence in recent years. Residentialdesigns in which users reflect their identities are also influenced and formed by globalization. Theconcept of color which causes different perceptions among humans also emerges as one of theimportant parameters of space design. It is also observed as a result of literature reviews that colors offurniture as one of the most important building blocks of space affect perception of space.Globalization that is effective in exhibiting similar or different behaviors by societies is considered tobe effective in selection of furniture colors that affect individuals’ lifestyles or get affected from theirlifestyles and that also affect perception of space. Departing from this idea, it has been discussedwhether globalization affects color preferences for furniture in living spaces of buildings that containall kinds of data related to people’s lives and perceptions. Within the scope of the research, colorpreferences furniture used in living spaces were determined between users heavily affected fromglobalization and users less affected from globalization. In this context; on-site evaluation studies andsurveys were applied in houses of two different groups determined as the sample field, and colorschosen by individuals in furniture of living spaces of sample groups were examined. As a result of thestudy, it was determined that users in two different sample groups used different colors in furniture oftheir building living spaces.