Written by Jennifer Chang |
Colors can set the tone, good or bad, in work places. Colors can improve the productivity of and the harmony between workers as well as attract and inspire clients to spend time in an establishment, which in turn can increase revenues.
Certain colors are appropriate for specific businesses, for example, the color yellow may enhance an art gallery, accounting firm, or bookstore, but a negative effect in a jewelry store. A yellow-hued pearl is viewed as too old and lusterless, and thus valueless. A men or women’s clothing store can be enlivened with bright colors, while a police station should be white. It is seeking to seem incorruptible; white is a pure, pristine color, even bright accent colors should not be used.
Here is a business-by-business list of colors appropriate to various enterprises:
• Film, television or recording studio: white, pink, light green, blue, gray, o black
• Shoe store: white, red, gray, brown; avoid black with white
• Jewelry Store: red, white, blue; avoid yellow
• Executive’s office in creative fields: green, red, sky blue, multicolored
• Delicatessen: light green, sky blue, bright colors
• Construction firm: white, black, gray, green
• Doctor’s office: green, blue, purple, pink, white
• Men’s clothing shop: one or two colors in a simple color scheme
• Funeral parlor: all white, red, light blue
• Investment firm: white, green, blue, yellow /beige
• Lawyer’s office: white, beige, yellow, green, blue, gray, black
• Lighting store: white, pink, light blue, light green
• Computer company: green or blue
• Computer store: red, light green, multicolored
• Restaurant: green, blue, multicolored; avoid red in a seafood restaurant
• Wine store: pink, light green, light blue
Reference:
1. Rossbach, Sarah. Interior Design with Feng Shui. Penguin Group, 1987
For more information, contact Jennifer Chang, specializing in Feng Shui for working and living environments, at (775) 530-7100 or email her at Jennifer@secretconnection.net.
