In work environment, colour is considered an important design element used to provide aesthetics and company’s branding. Colour can affect human’s perception and behaviour. This review aims to investigate and analyse the existing studies on the effects of workplace colour toward worker’s mood, wellbeing and outcomes. 40 papers fitted the inclusion criteria were selected to review. The results show a significant influence of colour on three aspects of effects; namely, Psychological Effects (e.g. mood, emotion), Physiological Effects (e.g. stress, comfort, wellbeing), and Outcomes (e.g. productivity, performance, creativity). Finally, the review concludes with issues to be addressed for further research.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Colour perception; Colour psychology; Effect of colour; Work environment
Colours and the spatial properties of the workplace are primarily visually conveyed. The aim of this study determines how colour, area and height influence space perception. 80 interior designers participated in this experiment to evaluate the sixteen workspace images on the internet-based questionnaires. Four factors of space perception; spaciousness, openness, complexity, and order, were assessed using a semantic differential scale. The outcomes revealed that variations in space perception were significantly associated with the difference in colour, area, and height. Neutral colour in all area and height obtained the highest rating of the overall factors, followed by cool colours.
Colours and the spatial properties of the workplace are primarily visually conveyed. The aim of this study determines how colour, area and height influence space perception. 80 interior designers participated in this experiment to evaluate the sixteen workspace images on the internet-based questionnaires. Four factors of space perception; spaciousness, openness, complexity, and order, were assessed using a semantic differential scale. The outcomes revealed that variations in space perception were significantly associated with the difference in colour, area, and height. Neutral colour in all area and height obtained the highest rating of the overall factors, followed by cool colours. Keywords IntroductionThe physical work environment that can affect human perception is well documented. Certain attributes of the workplace such as room configuration, office planning, ergonomics, colour or lighting have been conducted. In term of colour, which is one of the interior design elements that also play a crucial role in influencing either large or small space. However, little research investigates the interaction effect of colours and spatial-architectural dimension in the work environment on human space perception. Most of them conducted in the experimental room and focused on examining the effect of each factor separately. Many studies have studied on colours only at the walls but lack of concentration in the whole space. It should determine the spatial effects with all three planes such as the horizontal plane, vertical plane, and overhead plane. Moreover, there is a limited amount of research in a wide range of color. There were almost examined a few prominent colour such as red, blue, green, and particular research have attempted to compare the effect of one colour with other colour. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the various colour schemes and room proportion in the real design work environments in Thailand, and then examine how colour, area and height influence space perception. It's necessary to understand how the different colour in the various room proportion can affect human perceptions to create a positive workplace. The findings will provide the essential variables, set of effective colour, implication, and recommendation for further study.
In the work environment, colour is considered an important design element used to improve aesthetic qualities of the environment and for a company’s branding. This paper reviews existing research on the effects of workplace colour on worker’s mood, wellbeing and other work-related outcomes. In total 40 papers fitted the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. The results show a significant influence of colour on affect (e.g. mood, emotion), wellbeing (e.g. stress, comfort, wellbeing), and performance (e.g. productivity, performance, creativity). The review concludes with suggestions for further research.Keywords: Colour perception; Colour psychology; Effect of colour; Work environment.eISSN 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i13.152
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