Table 1.
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 |
Table 2.
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 |
Table 3.
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 |
Figure 1.
“Spring thoughts”, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm [29],[3]. Source: the painting by Karolina Sobczyńska
Table 4.
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) | |
Figure 2.
Table 5.
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) | |
Figure 3.
“In the winter field”, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm [29, 3]. Source: the painting by Karolina Sobczyńska
Table 6.
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) | |
Figure 4.
“In the field of red”, oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm. Source: the painting by Karolina Sobczyńska
Table 7.
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) | |
Figure 5.
Sketch of the designed kitchen. Source: design Joanna Kaszuba
Figure 6.
Kitchen design, the view of 3D with furniture. There is the hot zone (baking and cooking) and the wet zone (washing up) underlined by means of colour and texture. Source: design Joanna Kaszuba