Title
Visual Complexity And Figure-Background Color Contrast Of E-Commerce Websites: Effects On Consumers' Emotional Responses
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of visual complexity and figure-background color contrast of e-commerce websites on consumers' emotional responses (i.e., pleasantness, arousal, and dominance) which is considered as the direct antecedents to online shopping behaviors. Data collection was carried out in a laboratory experiment, which was a 4 (visual complexity) x 4 (figure-background color contrast) between-subjects factorial design. Based on questionnaire responses from 324 subjects, the results showed that visual complexity and figure-background color contrast of website had partially significant effects on consumers' emotional responses. We believed that a well-designed website with adequate visual complexity and figure-background color contrast can create a desired environment to attract and retain consumers. The findings of this study provide important implications for theory and practice.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1109/HICSS.2016.449
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 49TH ANNUAL HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES (HICSS 2016)
Field
DocType
ISSN
Color contrast,Visual complexity,Data collection,Arousal,Advertising,Visualization,Computer science,Cognitive psychology,Knowledge management,Laboratory experiment,E-commerce
Conference
1060-3425
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sheng Wei Lin1577.83
Louis Yi-Shih Lo2274.14
Travis K. Huang3427.84