How the Color of Your Office Impacts Productivity

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   How the Color of Your Office Impacts Productivity



Color can influence mood, productivity, culture, and connectivity – it can make or break your design.
                         
The right office color schemes can also make a statement about a brand’s image – the mood it seeks to inspire its customers, the energy it seeks to ignite in its staff, and the zones that support a variety of functions and flow within its space.

Green: 
Green is linked to broad, creative thought, “There seems to be a positive association between nature and regrowth, so if you want your employees to be more productive, consider painting work areas green.” Different shades of green can elicit both positive and negative emotions. Painting the office in a light soothing shade of green can help ease anxiety and make people feel more relaxed and welcomed. However, in general, the color green is usually associated with nature and rebirth.

Purple: 
“So it can be a good selection for places where you’re trying to make the ‘right’ impression.” Color Affects agrees, saying “it has associations with royalty and usually communicates the finest possible quality.” With these psychological implications, it seems like a no-brainer to incorporate purple into office design. In short, with a little know-how, bringing bold color into the workplace can be a fun – and productive – initiative.

Blue: 
The color blue have a very calming effect on employees suited specifically to creative tasks, like brainstorming. “Through associations with the sky, the ocean, and water, most people associate blue with openness, peace and tranquility,” Blue is an excellent choice in an office where activities require detailed focus. By helping to maintain calm, blue can also stimulate the mental process and increase worker productivity.

Red: 
Red is ideal for detail-oriented tasks, like proofreading. “Thanks to stop signs, emergency vehicles and teachers’ red pens, we associate red with d anger, mistakes and caution.” “The avoidance motivation, or heightened state, that red activates makes us vigilant and thus helps us perform tasks where careful attention is required to produce a right or wrong answer.” Red can help boost the body’s ability to complete physical tasks.

Yellow: 
This color is often linked to positive emotions like happiness, optimism and excitement.“Too much of it, or the wrong tone in relation to the other tones in a color scheme, can cause self-esteem to plummet, giving rise to fear and anxiety.” In short, the right splash of yellow can result in clear-headed and alert employees well-primed for confident decision making. “So staff could easily navigate around the building and feel more comfortable with their surroundings.







In short, with a little know-how, bringing bold color into the workplace can be a fun – and productive – initiative.
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