Saturday, 22 October 2011

Pain measuring colours

As my product is a medical device the purpose of the colour scheme is more about increasing functionality and user interaction rather than purely aesthetic. I have approached the colour scheme selection so as to provide the patient with a visual cue. The cue is in the form of a highlighted front panel. This is so the patient instantly understands the contact region or at least recognizes that the area is of greater importance compared to the rest of the device leading to hand exploration and interaction. The colour scheme picture above indicates that the buttons will also share the highlight colour which I've since decided won't be useful and will detract from the highlighted front panel. Symbol illustrations of the buttons purpose will provide more focused instructions to the operator to reduce operation error which is vital for medical devices. I've chosen a dark Toyota grey for the main body color and a light green as the highlight (similar to the model on the bottom right). All surfaces will be a high gloss shiny finish to aid in sterilization of the product between patient use.


Ben Paul

(planning to make profit out of pain)

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