THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOUR AND TEXTURE IN THE DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL INTERIORS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON KITCHENS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
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Article Category: review
Published Online: Aug 06, 2019
Page range: 35 - 46
Received: Nov 20, 2018
Accepted: May 28, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2019-021
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© 2019 Joanna KASZUBA et al., published by Sciendo
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Figure 1.
![“Spring thoughts”, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm [29],[3]. Source: the painting by Karolina Sobczyńska](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64706f4783f1392090d6977e/j_acee-2019-021_fig_001.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20240626T004156Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=18000&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKP25APDM2%2F20240626%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=431142d2b0e73d287c5b395fbc7e86b7428f525043e7d6de2d4d9962bfdb807d)
Figure 2.
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Figure 3.
![“In the winter field”, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm [29, 3]. Source: the painting by Karolina Sobczyńska](https://sciendo-parsed.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/64706f4783f1392090d6977e/j_acee-2019-021_fig_003.jpg?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20240626T004156Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=18000&X-Amz-Credential=AKIA6AP2G7AKP25APDM2%2F20240626%2Feu-central-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=0f56a7305600185650f4ad46c83c58389b094f811957bc8502ddf40d7717926d)
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Results of research on the legibility of contrast among people with visual dysfunction [3]. Source: J. Kaszuba
| Readability of the color contrast for the visually impaired | |
|---|---|
| Color sets | The number of affirmative answers |
| gray-red | 26 |
| gray-yellow | 27 |
| gray-black | 23 |
| gray-ivory | 20 |
| brown-ivory | 27 |
| brown-sand | 23 |
Results of preferences and perception of the image “In the winter field”, the dominant color: blue
| Dominating colour: |
Respondents/sex | female | male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sighted people | vision impaired | sighted people | vision impaired | ||
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0/20 | 0/20 | 0/20 | 1/20 |
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20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | |
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calming (18) |
discouraging to work (16) |
calming (16) |
calming (16) |
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The results of preferences and perception of “Spring thoughts”. Dominating colour: Green
| Dominating colour: |
Respondents/sex | female | male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sighted people | vision impaired | sighted people | vision impaired | ||
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12/20 | 8/20 | 8/20 | 2/20 |
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8/20 | 12/20 | 12/20 | 18/20 | |
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relaxing (16) |
relaxing (19) |
stability(14) |
stability (17) |
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The results of the studies assessing the choice of a suitable contrast, color in the kitchen by people with sight impairment and by sighted people [3]. Source: J. Kaszuba
| Color preferences for the visually impaired for kitchen furniture | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Color sets | The number of affirmative answers | ||
| names of colors | RAL | by people with sight impairment | by sighted people |
| gray-red | 7040-3000 | 20 | 8 |
| gray-yellow | 7040-1018 | 11 | 6 |
| gray-black | 7040-9017 | 3 | 9 |
| gray-ivory | 7040-9010 | 17 | 21 |
| brown-ivory | 8025-9010 | 21 | 25 |
| brown-sand | 8025-1014 | 9 | 17 |
Research results assessing the readability of invoice contrast for blind people. Source: J. Kaszuba
| Readability of the invoice contrast for the blind | |
|---|---|
| Invoice sets | The number of affirmative answers |
| matt varnish – gloss varnish | 7 |
| wood texture – gloss varnish | 20 |
| speckled texture – gloss varnish | 18 |
| canvas invoice – gloss varnish | 11 |
| wave invoice – gloss varnish | 17 |
| texture fine stripes – gloss varnish | 16 |
| canvas invoice – wood texture | 6 |
Results of preferences and perception of the image “In the rape sun”, the dominant color: yellow
| Dominating colour: |
Respondents/sex | female | male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sighted people | vision impaired | sighted people | vision impaired | ||
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20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | 18/20 |
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-/20 | -/20 | -/20 | 2/20 | |
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joice (21) |
warm (19) |
motivating to work (12) |
motivating to work (18) |
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Results of preferences and perception of the image “In the field of red”, the dominant color: red
| Dominating colour: |
Respondents/sex | female | male | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sighted people | vision impaired | sighted people | vision impaired | ||
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20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 | 20/20 |
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-/20 | -/20 | -/20 | -/20 | |
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motivating to work (19) |
warm (19) |
motivating to work (16) |
motivating to work (20) |
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