Effects of Plant Colors on College Students' Negative Emotions
More and more attentions have been paid on the mental health problems of college students in recent years.The campus environments play important roles in helping and improving the physical and mental health of college students.Plant colors in the campus have direct influences on the physical and mental health of college students,which can greatly restore college students' negative emotions.In this study,the influences of plant colors on the subjects were examined by measuring the the physiological indicators (systolic blood pressure,diastolic blood pressure,pulse) and psychological indicators (POMS,PANAS) after they watched the different plant colors (yellow,red,white,green).The results showed that green plants had significant effects on tension,depression and panic;white plants had significant effects on tension,depression and panic,while yellow ones had significant effects on depression and panic.White,green and yellow plants had significant effects on heart rate reduction.It was suggested that in the campus landscape construction,planting plants with white,green,red,yellow colors should be emphasized to achieve the purpose of promoting the mental health of college students.