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Introduction It is recognized that colour has strong psychological influence on human reactions Pile J 1997 Colour and light are major factors in man made environments and there is no doubt that they have a strong influence on psychological and physiological wellbeing We cannot assume that the only role of light and colour is to provide tolerable illumination and a pleasant environment Although colour vision does not appear in the forms of animal life radiant energy and its spectral component still provide various psychological processes in all kind of living organism For example radiant energy is apparently vital for the growth of plants Mahnke F 1993 The quantity of colour should be considered in the design of the physical learning environment Large amounts of colour over stimulate individuals Verghese 2001 discusses the process of visual search and attention in regard to signal detection theory This theory states that the human mind continuously strives to organize visual information Too much colour motion or pattern functions as distractors making visual search more difficult A stressful learning environment will result from excessive use of colour Table 1 outlines findings issues and associations related to specific colours Additionally psychological and physiological aspects of colour will become prominent in design decisions According to the observations of theorists the warm and cool colour effect to the human personality and sense reaction Warm colour goes to the excitation the extroverted human being but the cool colour goes to the tranquilization the introverted human being Meaning of Warm Cool and Neutral Colour Warm colours In the daily life is usually talking about warm greeting warm friendship and a warm atmosphere In colour terms the hues on the warm side of the colour circle are generally understood as comfortable cozy and pleasant Experiment proved that warm colour in space provides more comfortable area rather than cool colour Pile J 1997
