Exploration丨The use of Colors in Children’s Play Space

With the increasing richness of material and cultural life, people pay more and more attention to spiritual pursuit and enjoyment.In addition,the requirements for children’s play space are getting higher and higher.Therefore, the rational use of colors plays an important role that cannot be ignored in the research and exploration of outdoor playgrounds for kids.

The two major components of human vision include "shape" and "color", of which "color" accounts for 80% of the sensitivity in vision.So color is the first element affecting human senses. When children play in the outdoor playground for kids, they will form diversified cognition through color recognition, which further affects the development level of children's senses, brain and recognition ability.

In fact, the formation of children's characteristics is not only affected by parents but also affected by environmental color.The influence of color on children's growth and development, physiological activities and psychological activities can be summarized as the following three points.

1.Children's Emotional Regulation

Color can directly affect people’s physiological felling,and different colors have different effects on children.Green is often used in the design of play spaces,because it has the function of protecting vision,so that it can reduce and relieve fatigue, make the children breathe slower and have lower blood pressure.The natural children’s play park is dominated by a large area of healthy natural colors, so that children can relax physically and mentally, and guide children to feel the laws of nature in the close contact with nature, in the interaction with outdoor playgrounds equipment, and in the common exploration of parents and children, so as to achieve the purpose of learning while playing.Therefore,the Cowboy nature series outdoor playground is your best choice.

Blue will let people feel cool and make people calm and rational, while red is associated with impulsiveness and danger warnings.Therefore, red signs can be used to alert children in the play space with dangerous places.

The species, brightness and collocation of colors have a rich "expression", and the visual sense of color is related to the experience of children, thus producing an emotional resonance.

2.The Optimization of the Park Structure

Color has a beautifying effect, especially for the emphasis and decoration of outdoor playground equipment. For designers, the interaction between color and the shape of outdoor playground equipment constitutes a visual picture and a complete outdoor playground for kids. Because color is more prominent in visual performance, it is easy to exceed the impact of shape on children. Moreover,the designer cleverly uses the feature of color to bring different sensitivities to children, and optimizes the proportion and shape of outdoor playground equipment through color, so as to attract children to explore independently.

3.To Endow the Park With Cultural Characteristics

Color not only plays an important role in transmitting information and beautifying information in the design of outdoor playgrounds for kids, but also reflects the characteristic culture and customs of a city. When designing an outdoor playground for kids, it should fully integrate into the local historical and cultural features, understand the customs and habits of various regions and understand the local people's understanding of different colors.And then,the designer should according to the characteristic of all ages design a themed park playground that is in line with children's physical and mental development.At the same time,Cowboy Group can be based on your requirement to create a tailor-made playground.

As an indispensable factor in life, color is always full of fantastic charm. A child who grows up in a colorful environment has a higher ability to observe, think, and remember than a child who grows up in an ordinary colored environment. The use of color in the playground design not only has a decorative effect but also has a psychological adjustment function to effectively attract more children to the outdoor playground for kids.