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Designing Healthy Spaces: Physical And Emotional Response To Color In Built Environments, Megan A. Smith Jan 2006

Designing Healthy Spaces: Physical And Emotional Response To Color In Built Environments, Megan A. Smith

Honors Program Theses

The purpose of this study is to provide evidence that color, as an environmental factor, reaches far beyond mere aesthetics, and has very real effects on human beings. Furthermore, based upon a literature review, I will provide a framework for healthcare designers to aid in their color and finish selection in order to be the most beneficial to the captive and non-ambulatory populations in healthcare settings.