Samhwa Paint Develops Color Universal Design for Comprehensive Welfare Facilities for the Disabled

Color Universal Design Association and Research & Development, Bucheon Disabled Welfare Center, and Other Color Application Plans

A program room in a developmental disability facility applying Color Universal Design.
[Photo by Samhwa Paint]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Samhwa Paint Industrial Co., Ltd. (CEO Oh Jin-su) has signed a business agreement with the Korea Color Universal Design Association (President Park Yeon-seon) to conduct research and development on color universal design for facilities for people with developmental disabilities.

Color Universal Design refers to designing colors that consider people with various disabilities and color vision types so that products, architecture, and services can be used safely and conveniently regardless of gender, age, or disability.

Last year, the association and Samhwa Paint signed a business agreement focused on color research for applying color universal design to spaces for people with developmental disabilities and developing color guides tailored to the users' (disabled persons') perspectives. Since then, based on surveys of users at residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities and overseas cases, they planned and completed the application of Color Universal Design (CUD) for developmental disability facilities.

This year, they plan to further expand this by developing color universal design guides for facilities serving disabled people in the local community. This includes not only color development considering the emotional impact on people with developmental disabilities but also extending to color development for visually impaired individuals such as the elderly with color vision deficiencies and color blindness, aiming to complete a comprehensive color guide for welfare facilities for the disabled.

A representative from Samhwa Paint stated, “We have completed the color planning for the Bucheon Disabled Welfare Center, the first comprehensive disability center established in Gyeonggi Province in 1991, and are currently working on the space improvement project for the Gangdong Green Narae Welfare Center in Seoul, which supports vocational rehabilitation for disabled people.” He added, “We will continue the Color Universal Design project that can be applied anywhere to enhance safety and convenience in space usage, as well as to promote emotional stability and positive behavioral changes.”

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