Impact of three interior color schemes on worker mood and performance relative to individual environmental sensitivity

Color Research and Application

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-132

  Kwallek, N ^a   Woodson, H ^a   Lewis, C M ^a   Sales, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Color schemes; Environmental sensitivity; Mood; NASA; Office workers; Performance and productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040823682     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199704)22:2<121::AID-COL7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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