This is a very difficult question to answer, because “to calm someone” is a manipulation, and this is a difficult one to achieve mechanically.
Your question assumes it’s possible to calm distressed people with colour. What if it’s only possible to distress them further? Often when one is angry, for instance, things designed to mechanically calm anger one further. I don’t mean personally. I would think it’s probably best to go for as neutral as possible. http://www.creativecolorschemes.com/resources/free-color-schemes/neutral-color-scheme.shtml <http://www.creativecolorschemes.com/resources/free-color-schemes/neutral-color-scheme.shtml> Julian http://happylearnhaskelltutorial.com <http://happylearnhaskelltutorial.com/> - Learn some Haskell today http://www.getcontented.com.au/ - Amazing website creation service. Get a professional, distinguished yet highly affordable website today. http://www.getcontented.com.au/flute_websites.html - website design & hosting service for flutists Ph. 02 8005 0701 > On 7 Apr 2016, at 11:40 AM, Casey Ransberger <casey.obrie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm working on a user interface which will most of the time be interacted > with by people who are in a state of distress. It's vital that the UI be as > calming as possible. I've gotten to the part where I have to choose colors to > put on the screen, and I've done a web search, but most of the links are > about interior decorating and don't exactly smack of science. > > a) not sure that what works for decorating will necessarily work for UI > > b) I'd like to read any good research out there > > My gut says blue, green, or a combination would be best, but what saturation > to use? Etc. > > TIA, > > Casey Ransberger > _______________________________________________ > Fonc mailing list > Fonc@mailman.vpri.org > http://mailman.vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc_mailman.vpri.org
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