The contemporary office features design with collaboration in mind. As the lines blur between individual work and group activities with the minimal use of enclosed rooms, employers aim to develop spaces that encourage teamwork but also improve personal productivity. Advancements in technology enable employers and interior designers to improve workplace design more effectively.

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Red and Blue Lighting:
The Colors that Trigger
More Productivity in the
Office

2. The contemporary office features design with collaboration in mind. As the lines blur
between individual work and group activities with the minimal use of enclosed rooms,
employers aim to develop spaces that encourage teamwork but also improve personal
productivity. Advancements in technology enable employers and interior designers to
improve workplace design more effectively.
While layout and furniture still top the list of priorities, most experts now pay attention
to another frontier in design: color, particularly in lighting.
Countless studies reveal that color in the office can either negatively or positively affect
workers’ productivity. Bland beige, gray, and white offices induce feelings of depression
and sadness for women while orange and purple evoke the same response for men.
A study from a private university revealed the two colors that make employees more
productive and alert.

3. Red and Blue: The Colors of Productivity
Marianna Figueiro, a professor at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, shares that colored lighting has an effect on employee productivity.
Measuring biomarkers (which includes performance type, brain activity, reaction time,
sleepiness, and alertness), the study reported that saturated blue colors are ideal for
increasing awareness in the office. Since blue’s main effect is to suppress melatonin, a
brain chemical that encourages sleep. It promotes sharper attention, despite the
schedule.
Red colored lighting, on the other hand, alerts employees without affecting their levels
of melatonin. This color of lighting is effective in keeping night shift workers active,
despite the body’s need to sleep. Red fosters excitement and builds energy, which also
encourages better ideas.
A Mix of Colors
While coloring the majority of the workplace in these palettes guarantee better
productivity, experts recommend mixing for variety. Designers can use certain colors in
particular areas, depending on the room’s function.

4. Sources:
 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25697165
 http://www.proviewglobal.com/
 http://time.com/money/4722772/office-lighting-productivity-red-blue-lights/
 https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243749
Combining blue in busy areas and red for offices requiring better focus and attention hits
two birds with one stone: better employee productivity and alertness.
Color psychology is helpful in promoting a comfortable and effective workspace for
employees. Investing in this aspect of the office layout makes for better profits in the
future — through motivated employees.