Band 5+: Write about the following topic. Psychologists have known for many years that colour can affect how people feel. For this reason, attention should be given to colour schemes when decorating places such as offices and hospitals. How true is this statement? How far does colour influence people's health and capacity for work?

It is claimed by psychologists for several years that colour influences people’s mood. Thus, importance should be givne to color themes when decorating places like a workplace and a hospital. I totally agree with this statement and this essay will that to what extent colour affects humans’ health and their working capacity.

To begin with, I firmly believe with this statement that colours are influential for numerous reasons. The first and foremost reason is that each colour has its own unique quality. There are some colours that easily catch attention, whereas there are some that are dull and make environment vibrant. For instance, red colour can be seen from the long distance and easily hook individuals attention. Therefore, in traffic signs and signals red colour is used because people can easily spot these warnings. Secondly, colour combination also plays a vital role in the environment. Colour only looks good with certain shades, so if wrong colour combination is choosen places do not look good regardless of decoration. Because of this, authorities should pay attention to colour combination otherwise places will not look good.

Furthermore, colours have a huge impact on individuals’ well-being and their productivity. Firstly, colours play vital role in improving working capacity. Each person has its own favourite colour and preferences, so when they are surrounded by the environment, where there is there prefered colour, there are more likely to feely happy. Consequently, they will be able to perform more tasks since their mood is happy because of colours. Colours are important for creating desireable environment. Certain colour gives positive feeling, while some gives totally opposite of that. For example, in hospitals usually walls are painted in white and blue because it creates safe and positive atmosphere, where as if they are painted in black colour, it does not look appropriate.

In conclusion, in my opinion, it is true that colors have a significant impact in a life because they all have their own special properties and only look good with specific colours. In addition, authorities should pay attention to colour because they influence people’s moods and are essential for creating expected environment.