Home appliances are a must-have for modern people's lives. With the development of science and technology and people's continuous pursuit of higher quality of life, the art design of home appliances has been paid more and more attention by people. 

Today JRPanel will take everyone to explore the importance of color design in the control panel design of home appliances.

Home appliances are the most common items in our daily lives. They have been integrated into our lives. We use them consciously or unconsciously every day. With the development of science and technology and the progress of society, the forms of household appliances are becoming more abundant, and the variety of products is also increasing with the progress of technology.

The control panel is the interface between humans and machines in home appliances, and people must control the home appliances through the control panel. The main basis of the control panel is the user's behavior. With people’s higher pursuit of quality of life and the development of ergonomics, the research on the design of control panels for home appliances has also received more and more attention, and the artistic elements in the control panels of home appliances have also become higher.

Color design is an important part of the control panel design of home appliances, and it has a direct relationship with people. The feeling it brings to the user is sometimes more positive than the shape of the product. In today's increasingly competitive home appliance products, studying the color design of the control panel of home appliances has important practical significance for enhancing the market competitiveness of products.

There are many factors involved in the color design of the control panel of home appliances. For example, the color design should conform to the product's functional characteristics and appearance structure, as well as the aesthetic principles and visual physiological balance. We should also consider a series of issues such as the sense of the times of the color matching and the color design to conform to the national living habits.

1. The color should conform to the functional characteristics and appearance structure of the control panel

The color design of the control panel should meet the functional requirements of home appliances so that the product can achieve good functional effects.

The color design of the control panel of home appliances will make the operator feel happy and safe. For example, the color design in the human-machine interface of home appliances with displays should take care of the physiological characteristics of human eyes. Do not use large areas of high-purity hues, which will cause human eyes to fatigue.

As for the color design of the hardware interface, designers should consider the environment in which the product is used. For example, kitchen appliances require clean, tidy, and hygienic working environment. Therefore, the control panel should adopt light, bright, and soft cool or warm colors, so that users can easily and earnestly enjoy the fun of cooking and operation. The user can also find the dirt in time for cleaning, and at the same time make the user feel safe and cordial.

2. The sense of the times in color design

Due to the development of productivity, science and technology and changes in the social environment, people's living standards are constantly improving, and the aesthetic standards and pursuit of beauty will gradually be different. People have a tendency to prefer certain colors. These colors have been popular and widely popular in a certain period of time, becoming the so-called popular colors. Because popular colors have a strong sense of the times and novel properties to adapt to changes in people's preferences, the color of the control panel of home appliances, if possible, should also fully consider the use of popular colors to meet the requirements of the sense of the times in color matching.

Popular colors are not static. When designing the colors of the control panels of home appliances, one should pay attention to investigating and researching the basic tones of home appliance industrial products in various countries around the world. You should also be familiar with the color styles used by major brands.

While studying popular colors, it is necessary to provide a reliable basis for the color design of household appliances control panels according to changes in color styles and aesthetic standards.

Metallic colors cater to this type of fashion and style, and are also the most popular and cool colors nowadays. As network technology penetrates into people's lives, metallic colors will continue to have a long period of vitality, bringing the imagination of outer space, the magic of the universe, and the feeling of endless technological development. Metallic colors have various effects such as matte, brushed and chrome plating, and become the main color of the control panel of many home appliances nowadays.

3. The emotional memory brought by color

Reasonable control panel color matching is not only aesthetic and decorative, but also has important symbolic significance. Color can affect visual perception and emotional state, can make users feel emotional, and has important psychological functions.

The psychological function of color refers to the memory, association, imagination and epiphany of consumers triggered by color stimuli, so that the user's heart produces complex psychological reactions. These psychological reactions are often restricted by consumers' age, experience, personality, mood, ethnicity, and cultivation. Different colors will give consumers different psychological feelings.

Different colors produce different psychological feelings and are also affected by the times, culture, region, and customs. In the humanized design of the color of the control panel of home appliances, the designer should select and match the hue, brightness and purity of the color reasonably according to the psychological characteristics of consumer groups of different social backgrounds. In the end, colors must fully reflect the design features of home appliances, gain consumers' emotional cognition, and embody humanistic care, so that colors can bring beautiful emotional memories to users.

Conclusion

Color has a direct impact on the appearance of the control panel of home appliances, it plays a role in beautifying products and beautifying the living environment.

The color of the control panel is handled well, which can make up for some shortcomings in the shape, make the shape more perfect, and at the same time give people a comfortable and pleasant feeling, and get the feeling of beauty. On the contrary, improper color processing will not only affect the function of home appliances, but also destroy it. The image of the entire product.

Therefore, we must fully realize the importance of color design in the design of household appliances control panel. Knowing the law of color, designers should combine it with the shape and structure of the control panel of home appliances, so that home appliances can serve people better.