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A public health law expanding public healthcare facilities beyond existing public healthcare centers in urban areas was proclaimed in 2005. Since then, the government has established 27 new healthcare branches in urban pilot areas and intends to continue adding new ones. The purpose of this study was to examine the properties and images of environmental colors at the new healthcare branches, built since 2005. The results can be used as basic data for developing new color plans for future public healthcare facilities under the government's present expansion policy. For the survey, six example public healthcare branches located in pilot areas of Seoul and Young-Nam Province were selected. The public areas of each branch were divided into three regions (reception/waiting, treatment/counseling, and program/culture) by analyzing plan layouts. Then, main and sub colors used for floors, walls and furniture in each region were surveyed using a spectrophotometer (Minolta CM-2600d). The measured colors were based on Munsell's color system and were analyzed using the IRI color image scale. The Y group of hues was dominant in all areas. The average value was 6.9, slightly higher than medium, whereas the average saturation was 3.9, quite low. From the image scale analysis, images of "stable" appeared first in terms of frequency, followed by "clear," "ceremonious" and "refined." However, words such as "austere," "sophisticated," "joyful," "emotional," "tough" and "deep," suggesting different images from those usually associated with a conventional medical facility were also seen, indicating that the new public healthcare branches in urban pilot areas were trying to accommodate diverse images according to their new functional roles to the public. |