Depending on the cultural setting and many subjective factors, different colors have different effects on people. In office design, it’s essential to know about the effects colors have on people’s moods, attitudes, and comfort levels. Picking the right colors for your office can boost your employees’ productivity, inspiration, and sense of peace. Read on to find out how colors influence people, and feel free to stop by our showroom at 940 South Rochester Ave. Suite D to discuss more with our expert office designers.

Warm Colors

Red, orange, and yellow are examples of warm colors. They generally energize people, make them feel positive, passionate, enthusiastic, and happy. Interestingly, red in particular can have a physical effect on people, raising blood pressure, respiration rates, and even speeding up metabolism. It’s a powerful color that’s also versatile—so it can be combined with other colors to create a more subdued effect, if needed. Orange is vibrant and energetic, and because of its frequent association with fall, it often represents change and movement in general. The fruit with the same name also reminds many people of health and vitality. Yellow symbolizes happiness and cheerfulness.

Cool Colors

Green, blue, and purple are examples of cool colors. They generally remind people of the night, water, nature, relaxation, and calm. Green is very down-to-earth and often represents new beginnings, growth, abundance, and renewal. Green often indicates balance, harmony, stability, wealth, and an environmental connection. Blue frequently symbolizes sadness, calmness, responsibility, reliability, strength, and peace. There are many different shades of blue that have various other connotations. Purple has traditionally been associated with royalty, creativity, and imagination. Dark purple connotes wealth and luxury, whereas light purple connotes spring and romance.

Neutrals

Black, white, gray, and brown are examples of neutral colors. The impressions of these colors heavily depend on the colors surrounding neutrals. Black is the strongest neutral color, and it’s often associated with power, elegance, formality, sophistication, and sometimes evil, rebellion, death, and mystery. White can work well with any other color, and it’s frequently related to purity, cleanliness, virtue, health, goodness, and simplicity. Gray can sometimes indicate moodiness, depression, conservativeness, formality, modernity, and sophistication. Brown hearkens to the earth, wood, and stone. It often indicates dependability, reliability, steadfastness, earthiness, warmth, or wholesomeness.

Designing an Office?

If you’re designing or redesigning an office, come to PnP Office Furniture at 940 South Rochester Ave. Suite D Ontario, CA 91761, and feel free to give us a call at 909-390-0428. Our expert designers will be happy to help you craft an office space that will inspire your employees to new heights of productivity and insightfulness. Call or stop by today.