Abstract
This study investigates the environmental color characteristics of senior community centers, a major type of senior leisure welfare facilities, in Busan, Korea, and identify the color preference and perception of seniors. The environmental color of 12 senior community centers opened after the 2000s, located in three regions in Busan with a high number of senior community centers, was measured using the Minolta CM-2600d spectrophotometer. The collected color data were analyzed using the Munsell color system by classifying them by color, brightness, and colorfulness according to spaces. In addition, 300 seniors aged 65 and older who have used senior community centers were given a survey on the preference and perception of environmental color of senior community centers. The survey included four items on the socioeconomic characteristics, four items on color preference, and eight items on color perception. The findings are as follows. First, the environmental color of senior leisure welfare facilities showed high share of YR (3%) and Y (35.8%) colors, with color characteristics of medium brightness and low colorfulness. Second, seniors in their sixties and seventies preferred G and Y colors, whereas those in their eighties and over preferred achromatic color. Third, the seniors answered that the environmental color of senior community centers is bland and better colors need to be used for walls. Fourth, the seniors responded the colors for the living room should be improved by altering the brightness. The findings of this study can contribute to planning the environmental color of senior leisure welfare facilities.
Presenters
Heykyung ParkProfessor, Interior Architecture, Inje University, Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do], South Korea Ye Rim Choi
Student, Master, Inje University, Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do], South Korea Jungwon An
Student, Master's Course, Inje University, Gyeongsangnamdo [Kyongsangnam-do], South Korea
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Senior leisure welfare facility, Senior community center, Environmental color
