Samhwa Paint Introduces 'Color Universal Design' at Seoul Welfare Center for the Visually Impaired

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Jong-hwa] Samhwa Paint Industrial Co., Ltd. announced on the 5th that it supported eco-friendly paint and color universal design to improve the environment of the Seoul Welfare Center for the Visually Impaired.

Samhwa Paint has been operating a social contribution project for the visually impaired called "Invisible to Visible" in collaboration with the NGO Heart Heart Foundation for several years. Accordingly, this year’s beneficiary of the project was selected as the Seoul Welfare Center for the Visually Impaired located in Songpa-gu, Seoul, and environmental improvement activities for the aging facilities were carried out.

During the two-day welfare center environment improvement activities held on the 25th and 26th of last month, the Seoul Welfare Center for the Visually Impaired, which had not undergone any environmental improvements since its opening in 1998, was transformed with the application of eco-friendly paint and color universal design.

Color universal design refers to designing colors to accommodate people with various disabilities or color vision deficiencies so that products, architecture, and services can be used safely and conveniently. Based on past results, Samhwa Paint produced "Samhwa CUD COLOR 64," a design guide consisting of 64 types last year. The welfare center environment improvement was proposed and constructed by extracting colors from Samhwa CUD COLOR 64.

In this construction, Samhwa Paint applied colors suitable for each environment according to color universal design by dividing the welfare center interior into corridors, lounges (program rooms), and staircases, enabling people with low vision and visual impairments to easily recognize the spaces while providing emotional satisfaction.

Among all environments where color universal design was applied, the staircase is characterized by being divided into three colors. The colors of the first and eighth floors, the lowest and highest floors, were painted in a highly saturated orange color with high visibility for emergency evacuation, the floor where the program room (lounge) is located was painted blue, and the floor where the welfare center office is located was painted yellow.

The corridor on the first floor was painted emerald blue to give a bright and positive image upon visit, and the interior of the program room was painted bright yellow to provide a sense of comfort. For all facility support, Samhwa Paint’s representative eco-friendly paint "I Saenggak," a water-based paint harmless to the human body with excellent color expression ability, was used.

A Samhwa Paint official stated, "Going forward, Samhwa Paint will continue to carry out various spatial welfare projects and social contribution activities incorporating color universal design," adding, "We will continue to promote Samhwa Paint’s unique ESG management by leveraging the characteristics of a company that manufactures paints customers can trust."

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