subject: A Touch Of Colour Therapy On Office Furniture [print this page] Not only do colours bring more brightness and joy to the world, but they too have their effect on human emotions and in the physical aspects as well. Comfort and beauty are important when picking office furniture, but colours do play a part as well.
Whether the person is aware or not, colours have an effect on the human body and its emotions. Some colours seem to drain out the energy from you, whilst others seem to stimulate and energise you! So which one to choose? There is no right or wrong colour, it just all depends on the nature of your work.
By nature, is your work a bit laid-back? Is it too busy? Does it require a lot of energy from you? Does it require a lot of thinking rather than moving? These are just some of the questions that will help you realise which colours you need to promote productivity and efficiency in the workplace. Colours can also affect the physical appearance of furniture. It can make it look bigger or smaller, it can also make the place look cramped or spacious.
However, when talking about office furniture, people always jot down the colours grey, brown, black and navy blue along with the furniture pieces to be bought. Doesn't it look boring? When you're working, being bored is the last thing you want to happen! Although these colours are, in fact, corporate, you wouldn't want to use them together.
Perhaps add some accents to it to brighten it up. How about some dainty butter yellow accents to go with the dull grey? How about some pale purple or lilac to go with the black? Candy red might just be a nice accent to that brown, especially those dark chocolate tones! Navy blue could work wonders when added with teeny accents of pumpkin orange and not forgetting green which the colour which is related to energy, just the colour needed in some offices!
If you are in a corporate setting, don't fret, these are not combinations, just accents. Accents can come in forms of the little things you put on top of your desk, such as a paper weight, pen holder, desk organiser, etc. Also, if you have a spacious office, these accents can brighten up the room in the form of the things you hang on your wall or the pillows on your dark coloured sofa. It will make your office look professional, yet not dull.
If your job is more of an artistic type and doesn't have much of a corporate spirit into it, you could incorporate some reds, yellows, blues, and purples into the place. Offices in advertising firms have a lot of colour as it inspires and promotes creativity among workers. The brain is stimulated by red, it even increases heart rate. Blue promotes communication and thinking. Yellow stimulates wisdom. Orange is a playful colour. Purple is spiritual yet artistic and green energises. All very good reasons to add colour into your work area and remember office furniture isn't just for office function, it inspires productivity too!
