How Color Schemes Can Affect the Mood of Your Office

Providing a room with energy is important, especially for offices and other rooms that are supposed to facilitate productivity. A great source of this energy is the color you choose to paint your walls. Different colors produce different emotional effects, as you’ll learn by reading on.

Color can be useful when enhancing productivity and the moods of a room’s inhabitants. A 2012 study found that, among other things, a white office is read as clinical and boring, therefore not ideal for productivity. Try out some of these more colorful options to get the most out of your office space.

Stimulate with Blue

Blue is a stimulating color creating a feeling leading to productivity. This is true with nearly all blues in the rainbow. Repetitive industries found this color particular useful and had increased output after changing the color.

Red is Urgent

Red can create a sense of urgency, which is why it’s used for emergency services like fire trucks and ambulances. Other organizations can benefit from stimulating red walls, like construction companies or engineering firms.

Get Emotional with Yellow

Yellow is an emotional color, so it is perfect for those in creative industries. It’s a happy color that can bring up spirits, which could be why it’s regularly painted in therapy offices and counselor’s quarters.

Green Balances the Room

Green is a color that lends itself to calmness and reassurance. Working in the ups and downs of the financial industry could be the perfect place to paint your office the color of money.

Now that you may have an idea of what works before for your particular industry, here are 10 suggestions for the best paint colors for your office.

Off-White

Avoid clinical by using an off white color. This is a softened version of the color that still reads clean yet warmer than stark white. If you want a clean, pure white, use Benjamin Moore’s Simply White. This is a clean color to pair with a bright accent wall.

Teal

Since teal is a combination of green and blue, using it brings the productivity and balance of each of the primary colors. Do not overdo it and use a bright, vivid teal throughout the office. It’s best kept to an accent or statement wall. St. John Blue by Benjamin Moore goes well in an office when paired with gray.

Gray

Gray won’t do a lot for mood, but soft grays are great to pair with the brighter, mood-helping colors. This avoids the clinical white feeling and adds a classy gray. Use Classic Gray by Benjamin Moore for a subtle backdrop.

Light Blue

Light blues are an often chosen option for offices. It brings stimulation in the room without overpowering it. The lighter versions of blue are often opted for in spas and offices that need some relaxation. Use Ralph Lauren’s Salisbury Point for peace and calm. It’s a perfect choice to put in a medical office where doctor’s deal with nervous patients daily.

Blue-Gray

Mix stately gray with blue to get a clean and respectable color for your walls. Avoid a moody color that’s professional with Silver Mist by Benjamin Moore.

Brown

Brown reads as strong or powerful. When it’s paired with wooden furniture, it’s a power couple in colors. Try Wainscot by Farrow & Ball for a brown that’s warm and pair it with Tudor Brown by Benjamin Moore in eggshell to lighten the room.

Pastel Yellow

Creatives flock to yellow offices to help get their juices flowing. Choose a variation of the color with gold accents for an easy to live in office that isn’t overpowering. Butter Regal Matte by Benjamin Moore is a perfect option.

Purple

Give a room a feminine touch with purple like Benjamin Moore’s Charmed Violet. This color is a quiet lavender perfect for a spa or dog groomer. If you want more drama, choose Delicious Berry by Behr. It’s good for an office that is not afraid to be shy.

Green

Healthcare and financial industries need to be seens as trustworthy and knowledgeable. Do it with a rich green on the walls. Farrow & Ball’s Mere Green is the perfect touch of green and warm undertones.

Orange

Orange is intense to say the least. Painting all four walls in the bright color can overpower a person’s eyes. Creating frenzy with the color could work if you’re looking to up the ante in a gym. If not, try a color like Baja Orange by Ralph Lauren Paints to bring the energy up on sluggish afternoons.

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