TACTILE RELIEF SYMBOLS FOR COLOR RECOGNITION INTENDED FOR THE BLIND OR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED, AND PERSONS WHO ARE COLOR BLIND - LUNAS SPECTRUM

摘要

Present invention relates to a tactile relief color symbols, or color marking, for encrypting color information transmitted to the blind or visually impaired individuals by touching tactile relief symbols that uniquely indicate the predetermined color. Tactile relief color symbols are arranged on the surface comprising number of distributed fields wherein at least one field contains tactile relief symbol bearing said information about the color, and wherein said field contains tactile relief symbol that uniquely identifies a primary colors, secondary colors, tertiary colors and colors from CMYK color model, the white and black color, degree of transparency and brightness. Tactile relief symbol is developed by a series of embossed dots which correspond to said colors and/or their mutual combination. The tactile relief symbols indicating secondary colors constitute mutual combination of the pattern of embossed dots of the tactile relief symbols indicating primary RYB colors, and tactile relief symbols indicating tertiary colors constitute mutual combination of the pattern of embossed dots of the tactile relief symbols indicating primary RYB and secondary colors. Further, the tactile relief symbol of color resulting in mixing of two colors is arranged in one, two or four fields arranged on said surface, the tactile relief symbol of color resulting in mixing of three colors is arranged in three or six fields arranged on said surface, and the tactile relief symbol of color resulting in mixing four colors, or CMYK color model, is arranged in four or eight fields arranged on said surface. For labeling of colors are used embossed dots, arranged on surface containing color information transmitted to the blind or visually impaired individuals by touching tactile relief symbols, where dots are of the same size, or smaller than those used in the Braille script. Tactile relief symbols may be applied to paper, adhesive labels, fabric, metal, wood, plastic and other materials, or combinations thereof. Present invention enables its use in in coloring books for children, toys, as well as tags or labels for the color of the garment, and particularly in the use of objects for which use are important colors and the like.