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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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:Blue	Respondents/sex	female		male
		sighted people	vision impaired	sighted people	vision impaired
	stimulating	0/20	0/20	0/20	1/20
	calming	20/20	20/20	20/20	20/20
	emotions with the paiting	calming (18)cold (16)discouraging to work (15)sad (11)cool (5)	discouraging to work (16)calming (16)cold (11)sad (11)cool (9)relaxing (4)quiet (3)	calming (16)quiet (14)discouraging to work (13)relaxing (12)cold (6)sad (4)	calming (16)discouraging to work (13)cold (10)cool (10)sad (7)quiet (6)relaxing (5)

The results of preferences and perception of “Spring thoughts”_ Dominating colour: Green

Dominating colour: Green	Respondents/sex	female		male
		sighted people	vision impaired	sighted people	vision impaired
	stimulating	12/20	8/20	8/20	2/20
	calming	8/20	12/20	12/20	18/20
	emotions with the paiting	relaxing (16)stability (16)motivating to work (16)joice (14)optymism (12)warm (8)	relaxing (19)stability (17)joice (16)optymism (15)motivating to work (14)warm (12)	stability(14)motivating to work (10)warm (10)optymism (8)relaxing (6)	stability (17)relaxing (15)motivating to work (13)joice (13)optymism (10)

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:Yellow	Respondents/sex	female		male
		sighted people	vision impaired	sighted people	vision impaired
	stimulating	20/20	20/20	20/20	18/20
	calming	-/20	-/20	-/20	2/20
	emotions with the paiting	joice (21)optymism (19)warm (18)motivating to work (15)relaxing (8)	warm (19)joice (18)motivating to work (18)optymism(15)relaxing (10)bright (6)irritating (6)	motivating to work (12)warm (12)optymism(10)irritating (6)bright (4)	motivating to work (18)warm (15)joice (15)optymism(7)relaxing (7)irritating (4)bright (3)

Results of preferences and perception of the image “In the field of red”, the dominant color: red

Dominating colour:Red	Respondents/sex	female		male
		sighted people	vision impaired	sighted people	vision impaired
	stimulating	20/20	20/20	20/20	20/20
	calming	-/20	-/20	-/20	-/20
	emotions with the paiting	motivating to work (19)warm (18)tired,weary (11)optimism (9)relaxing (3)	warm (19)motivating to work (18)joice (15)optymism (15)tired, weary (11)irritating (9)bright (6)	motivating to work (16)warm (13)optymism (10)tired, weary (8)irritating (6)bright (4)	motivating to work (20)warm (17)tired, weary (12)optymism (7)irritating (4)bright (3)