How do you feel when you walk into your office building? Do you feel energized, relaxed, focused? Or do you stare at plain colored walls and feel depressed, tired, and unmotivated? Color has a profound effect on our psychology, and your office color schemes are affected by that psychology. By changing the color of your office you can change the productivity levels of your employees as well as the quality of your workspace personality.
You can also affect the way customers feel about your company when they enter your space with color. Appealing to certain memories and associations will remind them of your business later and make them more inclined to do business with you while they're in your office.
Feeling curious about how to harness the power of color to better your profits and overall happiness while at work? Keep reading to learn more about commercial painting and what to paint the office.
Some of the color associations we make are obvious such as white for weddings, black for funerals. But in order to make the best color choice for your business, you should learn some of the more subliminal messages colors send. That way you can choose calming paint colors, exciting paint colors, or productive paint colors depending on your needs.
But you can't let psychology entirely rule your paint choices. Make sure that you're also sticking to current trends and creating combinations that are pleasing to the eye with these top five office color schemes.
The color green makes people think of growth, nature, harmony, and freshness. It also gives a feeling of calmness and piety. Workplaces painted green create a relaxing work environment and help the customer trust in eco-friendly, natural, holistic businesses.
Gold, a shade of yellow, is associated with intellect, wealth, cheeriness, and loyalty. It encourages mental activity for smarter thinking employees and promotes associations of good money management among clients.
Together these colors feel both natural and glam at the same time. They're also easy on the eyes together which can help with workplace fatigue.
Blue is sympathetic, spiritual, and personal. A blue workplace encourages open communication among employees and relaxes a customer as soon as they walk in the door. It can also encourage creative thinking and is one of the most calming paint colors.
Pair with white or light browns for an easy on the eye look and an outdoor feel.
White makes the mind think purity, cleanliness, and perfection. By pairing white with blue, you can evoke the idea of a classic clean white office space, while still maintaining some interest in your color choice.
When you think of basic office cubicles, your mind probably jumps to gray. But just looking at a wash of gray all day is tiring, uninspiring, and too urban for productivity.
Why not keep the neutral tone idea of gray but create some exciting contrast with white and black? It will still have the same level of seriousness that matches that quality of your business, but it offers something a little more eye-catching so that your employees will stay engaged and clients will remember your business.
White is the color of perfection and makes people think of auspicious beginnings. It's refreshing, sleek, and modern. Black is powerful, formal, and elegant. When people see a lot of black in room decor they know that they're dealing with someone serious and devoted.
Just think of all the fun you can have mixing patterns and finding bold accents even with just those two neutral colors.
Richly saturated hues are referred to as jewel tones and are associated with royalty, high energy, and wealth. Some popular jewel tones are sapphire blue, ruby red, amethyst purple, and emerald green.
The best thing about jewel tones is that they all compliment each other so you can mix and match as you please. Just be careful not to add too many because they can be tiring on the eyes.
An unexpected but sometimes perfect color choice is orange. Orange is playful, joyful, and eye-catching, but should be reserved for certain spaces. If you want a more relaxed work environment filled with chatter and fun, orange can be a great way to open up some of your more reserved employees.
It's also a great color if your business serves the needs of children because people associate it with youthfulness and play. Combine orange with other warm colors like yellow and red for a bright room.
Brown encourages thoughts of trustworthiness, age, tradition, and warmth. It's a great color for well-established businesses with a family history. People entering a brown office will feel like they are in a trustworthy, down-to-earth place with lots of previous experience.
You can decorate a brown office with pops of green and rustic decors such as landscape paintings and brass lamps. To prevent a flat look, vary your shades of brown with deep browns, reddish browns, and tans.
Once you've identified what kind of work environment you're trying to create, choosing office color schemes becomes a breeze. Follow the rules of color psychology and find complementary matches for the colors you choose. You'll never have to work in a boring gray office again.
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