A Model for Implementing Color Contrast in the Environment Of the Elderly Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract Much has been written on the use of color as a functional facilitator in the environment of the elderly, but little information is available on how to implement it. This paper a) restates the main age-acquired visual defects, b) critically examines the literature on the use of environmental color, and then c) proposes a model which incorporates the factors that enhance visual clarity and Johannes Itten’s rules of color contrast. Implicit in the application of color to enhance vision is a clear understanding of the main functional purpose of the area to be heightened.

authors

• Cooper, Barbara A

status

• published 

publication date

• April 1, 1985

has subject area

• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• 1117 Public Health and Health Services (FoR)
• Activities of Daily Living (MeSH)
• Aged (MeSH)
• Aging (MeSH)
• Color (MeSH)
• Environment (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Models, Theoretical (MeSH)
• Rehabilitation (Science Metrix)
• Vision Disorders (MeSH)
• Vision, Ocular (MeSH)
• Visual Acuity (MeSH)

published in

• American Journal of Occupational Therapy  Journal

keywords

• Activities of Daily Living
• Aged
• Aging
• Color
• Environment
• Humans
• Models, Theoretical
• Vision Disorders
• Vision, Ocular
• Visual Acuity

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.5014/ajot.39.4.253

PubMed ID

• 3993727

start page

• 253

end page

• 258

volume

• 39

issue

• 4