Crown Paints has produced a comprehensive guide ‘to help specifiers get the full picture on the role colour can play in healthcare environments’.
Balancing a ‘highly visual focus’ with in-depth guidance, the 48-page ‘Healthcare Colour Book’ includes features ‘designed to bring shades to life’ in hospital and healthcare environments. It includes a comprehensive overview of subjects including colour and dementia, the Equality Act, and details of how emotions can be affected by different shades. It also includes a comprehensive library, showcasing a variety of palettes in different areas. The guide is available for free download at www.crownpaintspec.co.uk/Literature
Jemma Saunders, a colour specialist at Crown Paints’ Colour Services, said: “This booklet also includes information on Crown Paints’ SCAN numerical code system, which can be used to ensure tonal difference is achieved in colour schemes to support people with visual impairment by assisting with their navigation of a room.
“The colour library is also particularly useful. Each of the eight different colour palettes has been created to flow through the key areas within a healthcare setting, including reception and entrance areas, waiting rooms, corridors, stairways, treatment rooms, and wards.”
