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Good color for an office

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:07 am
by emmbec
What color do you guys think will be ok for an office?? It is an office for a web programming company. I just acquired a small office and I'm not sure what color would be ok for it.

Thanx!

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:21 am
by matthijs
Most walls white, and then one or two walls a bright, energetic color. Light green (bright) or orange.

That's how I'd do it if I ever get out of this crammed, dark cellar :)

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:09 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Agree - but orange over green IMO. Dark colours should be avoided at all costs. You want bright and cheery, not doom and gloom.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:22 am
by matthijs
Maugrim_The_Reaper wrote:Agree - but orange over green IMO. Dark colours should be avoided at all costs. You want bright and cheery, not doom and gloom.
Funny, you wouldn't expect to hear this from you, considering your avatar :wink:

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:33 am
by jayshields
Yeah and make sure you've got plenty of windows. Aftificial light should be kept to a minimum in an office environment :)

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:10 am
by feyd
I'd go with a light orange myself. :)

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:52 am
by veridicus
We've got a really nice shade of blue at my web development company. As long as it's bright enough, all will be well. I prefer to have some color. Just nothing gloomy.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:33 am
by Kieran Huggins
I vote for soul-sucking corporate grey.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:28 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I like a sort of feather white (or a milk white) base with some highlight walls (blues and oranges complement each other very well). Don't forget the artwork to make it more friendly.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:39 pm
by feyd
..and plants.

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:42 pm
by RobertGonzalez
Doh! 8O i forgot the plants. Ficus are nice, since they require very little water. :D

Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:44 pm
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Funny, you wouldn't expect to hear this from you, considering your avatar
I thought it was a personal office? If so go wild - if you get a personal office you have graduated to godhood ;). If it's for those cupboard bound underlings, they should of course be treated to some dull grey washed out colour just so they understand their situation is hopeless :twisted:.

Nah, I reserve my avatar's personality for when I'm swearing at the bugger who managed to frag me in CS. ;)

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 9:18 am
by Bill H
Ficus are nice, since they require very little water.
I agree on the Ficus: need little water and they are nice looking as well.

Ficus bemjamina has one odd little quirk - it doesn't like to be moved. Any change in it's ambient lighting, including the direction it's coming from, and the plant will tend to go into sort of a snit. It'll wilt and drop a bunch of leaves. You think it'd dying and will probably want to water it more. No need, just give it the usual water (which is not much). It will get over it's dismay at having been moved after a week or so and will recover nicely.

Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 10:30 am
by seodevhead
I like the sound of an aquarium in my office. It really sets a tranquil mood that I can work with. Go for brighter colors and massive amounts of natural sunlight. Fake lights kill my eyes. I had a buddy of mine pass up a really good job offer because he would have had to work in a building with no windows.

Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:28 pm
by daedalus__
I'd go for some light but saturated blue with orange trim and maybe some green here and there. Aquarium and plants for the win.