Capturing Interactions in Design Preferences: A Colorful Study

Many engineering and marketing tools exist to help a designer optimize quantitative attributes of a product, such as height, weight, volume, or cost. However, these methods cannot effectively take into consideration attributes for which there is a significant interaction between the product attributes with respect to the consumer\u27s preference, such as aesthetics. This research has begun the work of developing this necessary functional relationship for product attribute interactions and has created a methodology for further research. To accomplish this, this study considered consumer preference for product colors. Colors were represented by their red, green, and blue light components, and preference information for each of these attributes was gathered by presenting individuals with a small sample of colors, applied to backpacks, in a short choice survey