Drab offices are counterproductive. Off-white, buff and gray surroundings offer little inspiration. Employers must reflect an image of caring for their employees and this involves providing environments that will raise spirits, not suppress them. Health care facilities and retirement homes, especially, can benefit from good color design. The key here is to create user-friendly physical structures that are practical and spiritually uplifting.
Bland environments cause sensory deprivation and can be detrimental to healing.
The human brain needs constant change and moderate stimulation to maintain a sense of well being. Good color design supports the function of a building and the tasks being carried out in it. It does not under stimulate or over stimulate and it does not create negative emotional and physiological effects. Satisfy the function of the environment. Design with visual ergonomics in mind.