International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology

The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology (국제문화기술진흥원)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Healing Function Evaluation of Color Samples from the Healthcare Environmental Color Index - A Cross-cultural Comparison Study on Korean and Romanian users

  • Received : 2021.07.31
  • Accepted : 2021.08.30
  • Published : 2021.09.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

The present study is following a series of research investigations on design resources coming from collected data referring to users' awareness and preferences. The aim of this research is to test the Healthcare Environmental Color Index as a basis for practitioners in the field of healthcare design. An array of color samples selected from previous research, have been presented to the respondents via an online survey, in order to identify the preferences of the two groups on the relation between environmental color and health. As a result of the first experiment and through the comparison of processed data, the maximum percentage of respondents from each group is validating the relation between environmental color and health. For the second experiment we intend to highlight the patterns of color preferences for each group, and thus to test the color samples healing function. The compared data also showed a higher awareness of Koreans than Romanians on the potential of color applied to healing environment. Last but not least in the third experiment we show the top five color samples preferred by each group. It is significant that the comparison of the results validated once more some of our previous findings related to the healthcare environment, such as: the general preference for the green hue (associated to fatigue relax according to color psychology) and the blue hue (sedation release effect) but also the yellow hue - associated to bright energy. Three out of the top five preferred color samples have been identical to both groups while the other two samples have shown characteristic variations. These results show that similarities are strong and can be used in a glocal design strategy as an accessible tool for any practitioner. Based on the Healthcare Environmental Color Index and users' preferences analysis, a new design culture for healthcare can be established and developed.

Keywords

Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea. (NRF-2020S1A5C2A02092454)

References

  1. K. Haller, "The Little Book of Colour: How to Use the Psychology of Colour to Transform Your Life," Penguin Books, London, 2019.
  2. F. Birren, "Color psychology and color therapy: A Factual Study of the Influence of Color on Human Life," Martino Fine Books, Eastford, 2013.
  3. V. B. Lilian, "The color of healing the body and mind," Southwater, 2008.
  4. F. H. Mahnke, "Color, environment & Human Response," Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
  5. H. Park and J. Oh, "Public Health Workers Assesment and Perception of Healthcare Color Index," Journal of Korea Society of Color Studies(JKSCS), Vol.4, No.3, pp. 65-73, 2020. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17289/jkscs.34.3.202008.65
  6. M. Auge, "Non-places introduction to an anthropology of super modernity," Verso, London-New York, 1995.
  7. V. Mihailescu, "In cautarea corpului regasit. O ego-analiza a spatiului," (In search of the retrieved body. An ego-analysis of space), Polirom, Iasi 2019.
  8. D. Litscher, L.Wang, I.Gaischek and G. Litscher, "The Influence of New Colored Light Stimulation Methods on Heart Rate Variability, Temperature and Well-Being: Results of a Pilot Study in Humans," Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/674183
  9. S. H. Kim, "The color changes my body," Nexus, Seoul, 2009.
  10. H. Park and J. Oh, "Youth consciousness and evaluation of public healthcare environmental color index," Journal of Korea Society of Color Studies(JKSCS),Vol.3, No.1, pp. 15-24, 2019. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17289/jkscs.33.4.201911.15
  11. S. L. Pressey, "The Influence of Color upon Mental and Motor Efficiency," The American Journal of Psychology, 32. pp. 326-356, 1921. DOI https://doi.org/10.2307/1413999
  12. I. Ardelean, J. Oh and H. Park, "Comparative Study on the Users' Awareness and Choice Patterns on the Healthcare Environment Color Index, Focused on Koreans and Romanians," International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT), Vol.8, No.3, pp. 123-132, 2020. DOI https://doi.org/10.17703/IJACT.2020.8.3.123
  13. H. Park, I. Ardelean, H. Kim and J. Oh, "Comparative Study on Public Health Facility Color Image Vocabulary among Countries - Focusing on Korea and Romania," The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology(JCCT), Vol.6, No.3, pp. 185-191, 2020. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.17703/JCCT.2020.6.3.185