A Palette of Color Combination Based on Color Therapy for the Elderly

Eun-Ji Lee; Sung-Jun Park

doi:10.6107/JKHA.2017.28.1.055

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A Palette of Color Combination Based on Color Therapy for the Elderly 고령자를 고려한 컬러테라피 기반 색채 배색 팔레트

25 February 2017. pp. 55-62

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Abstract

As fast-speed of aging in modern society has led to increased concern for aging and health improvement of senior citizens, desire about having healthy living-environment has also increased. Living space for senior citizens has to play role of healing for their body feature as well as decrease in mental and psychological function. Color, as important factor that supplements degenerated sense and coping ability caused by aging, it has been revealed through modern medical science that color is effective for making nervous or calming down when it is delivered to one’s nerve through sight. The purpose of this study is to suggest basic resource for color arrangement palette of living space and application method by color therapy to improve seniors’ mental health by considering psychological and physical features caused by aging. First, consider psychological and physical feature of seniors and color therapy effect through previous research. Second, extract RGB value after selecting color that is helpful for their mental health by using palette from ‘Korea Agency for Technology and Standards’. Third, extract other 3 colors that are similar with extracted color from ‘NCS 1950 Color System’. Fourth, deduct palette of 3 color arrangement by using ‘NCS Navigator’ program. Lastly, extract arrangement palette for them by considering difference in visual features, and then suggest arrangement application for each palette through Computer Simulation.

Keywords

Color-therapy

The Elderly

Color Palettes

Color Combination

키워드

컬러테라피

고령자

색채팔레트

색채배색

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Publisher :The Korean Housing Association
Publisher(Ko) :한국주거학회
Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Housing Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국주거학회논문집
Volume : 28
No :1
Pages :55-62
Received Date : 2016-10-14
Revised Date : 2016-12-24
Accepted Date : 2017-01-04
DOI :https://doi.org/10.6107/JKHA.2017.28.1.055

Journal of the Korean Housing Association ISSN:2234-3571(Print) 2234-2257(Online) 한국주거학회논문집

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