Color Psychology

“Color in Our Lives” Have you ever wondered why most classroom walls and hospital room walls are generally painted with neutral colors, such as beige, tan, light green, or light blue? Why certain colors, most often bright, are used in sports arenas? Tonight I will be discussing how color can affect our lives. People’s personalities are impacted by there surroundings. Personally I know that I will surround myself by soothing colors such as light …

…keep this information in mind when you leave this classroom so you can take notice of how colors affect you. Bibliography 1. “How do colors affect our moods?” http://www.weprintcolor.com/moodofcolour.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/50065/psych/theories.html 2. Traci Vandermark. “What Is Color Therapy?” 2002.http://nh.essortment.com/whatiscolort_rime.htm 3. Stone, N. J., & English, A. J. (1998). Task type, poster, and workspace color on mood, satisfaction, and performance. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 18, 175-185.