It's right, colors have effects on the human psychology. Red has a "alert" effect, it catches our attention. Blue is a very soothing on people.
Hospitals are white because it makes a "clean" and sterile impression. It's psychologicaly proofen that colors have this effects on humans. Am 15.04.2007 um 23:06 schrieb Toby Smithe: > On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 22:56 +0200, Vincent Weber wrote: >>>> Don't forget that color is not only >>>> a matter of aesthetics but it is a usability issue as well. There >> are >>>> plenty of info on the net about the effects of color on human >>>> psychology. Research the subject to see what I mean. >> >>> I can't stress this enough, this is, by all empirical research, an >> urban >>> myth. >> >> Your completely wrong. Why do you think hospitals are painted in >> white? Because it's destressing. Why do you think products for little >> kids are full of colour? Because kids are full of energy. Why do you >> think that blood, stop signs, break lights and warnings are red? >> Because it warns you. > > Blood isn't red because "it warns you", but rather because it contains > an awful lot of iron. Or at least that's what I always thought... > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
