Welcome to Designing With Colour & LRV Guidelines
Design-led Hygienic Integrity for Inspiration & Wellbeing
Light Reflective Values & Biophilic Design
LRV - The colour finish of each hygienic product results in an official Light Reflective Value, measured on a scale of 0 to 100.
Current Design and Build guidelines request a 30 point difference in LRVs between floors and walls, or other critical and related surfaces such as hand rail to wall colour, for visual clarity.
Some other features of designing with colour in hygienic spaces;
Calmness into wellbeing - with sympathetic colour palettes, less emphasis on white with design motifs such as 'colour drenching' allows for longer lasting and more appealing working environments.
New and contemporary ranges of muted colours, such as the recently refreshed Altro Whiterock Satins, have been specifically designed with this in mind with more related colours separated by 30 LRV points available within each design pallete.
Biophilic design is a concept used within the building industry to increase occupant connectivity to the natural environment through the use of direct nature, indirect nature, and space and place conditions.
Specialist Care Design & Wellbeing
Hycom are intent on building further long term relationships with interior architects and designers to help achieve incredible results from being advised in the earliest stages of your project.
We are specifically expert in Hygienic Walls, Flooring and Ceilings in relation to hygienic regulation compliance and LRV guidelines, along with optimising the integration of both products and colour choices for workplace wellbeing, function, workflow, environment aesthetics and the long term hygienic integrity of the install.
Colour design is now considered a major part of project longevity and we are here to help you navigate this.
Hycom have just celebrated 20 years in business and in that time have grown more and more dedicated to best serving its customers with freely available expertise and a keen desire to get the best results from every project regardless whether or not we are installing your products.
Our close alliance with market leader Altro and our passion and focus on new ideas and products positions us perfectly to give you the benefits of our dedicated team with direct access to the best research and products on the market.
How Hycom Can Help You
With 20 years dedicated to perfecting the integration of hygienic products, Hycom understands both the needs and potential of your hygienic environment.
We are very focussed on industry developments and are excited to be at the forefront of using colour in design to create more aesthetic, inspiring and usable spaces that can excel for a very long time.
Traditionally manufacturers have produced a wide range of primary colours simply to satisfy a large customer base, but in reality colour schemes need a combination of sympathetic shades that in hygienic applications can also provide for LRV differences and visual clarity, while creating beautiful, long lasting and successful projects.
A wider range of more soothing tones is now being produced to create a level of permanence in the usability of these schemes. In this way, colour, alongside product choice and product integration, is fast becoming a priority when designing inspiring, long lasting hygienic spaces for both workers and visitors.
And with early stage discussion, at Hycom we can help you perfect that.