Colour, colour everywhere.
Have you considered it for your healthcare space?
For decades now the effective use of colour in healthcare environments has been a topic of discussion, debate and research. With all that research, the answers are still not definitive. We cannot (based on good quality evidence) offer a standard colour code guide that defines what to use where despite often hearing statements like ‘use yellow in nurseries’ or ‘use pink in maternity wards’.
However, a wonderful guideline, published by the USA based ‘Centre for Health Design’ took the time to review all the current research on colour in healthcare and has provided a summary of general guidelines for the use of colour in healthcare design.
We have selected the gems from this detailed report and we will bring them to you in a four-part series:
See the first part below and then come back to view the rest of the series, alternatively subscribe to our insights so we can send them to you.
- A tale of two rooms and 10 principles for the use of colour in healthcare
- Light, dark, warm and cool: What colours should we use in healthcare?
- Red feels different to blue: Some suggestions as to how to use specific colours in healthcare
- Colour and the elderly: guiding principles
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