1999 年 3 巻 1 号 p. 11-19
To obtain information about the size and the shape of the useful cosmetic compact, sensory evaluation test has been performed using some kinds of compact for sixteen subjects from eighteen years old to twenty-four years old women. For the square compact, no effect of the hand size and the head size for subjects were observed, and the size of the useful square compact was about 73 mm. It was clear that the size of the useful square compact was nearly same as the size of the comfort compact for holding, and smaller than the size of the comfort compact for looking. For the various shape of compacts, the lengthwise (about 1.45 times longer) and the round compacts were evaluated for the more useful compact. Moreover, the comfort configurations of the compacts for holding and looking were discussed by the arch of hand and the effect of spinning the mirror.