How a commercial buildings color can add appeal and attract customers – Part 2

We are in a continuous interaction with the natural or man made environment and messages have has always rushed into our lives as important means of communication; they use different channels under the form of different types of impact (visual, audible, smell, etc.) depending on the needs of the sender.

The visual impact represents a two – way route that conveys data between the parties involved in this process of communication.

Color is the part of a mechanism that relates to visual impact and it represents a tracing feature that can give off information about the forwarding agent. It has always been considered an important benchmark in the good run of the society.

At one first sight, painting commercial buildings is a child’s play, but a deeper look shall reveal that it is a science that involves the study of the psychological behavior of man vs. the colors that surround him.

The painting of the commercial building shall always meet basic guidelines the color shall harmonize with the profile of the commercial building, with the natural environment; they shall take into consideration the geographical location of a commercial building because there shall always be walls seeing a lot of Sun and walls with less sunshine. The colors shall have to bear neither aggressiveness nor dullness that could interfere with the said message addressed to customers.

Basically, we have the two colors (black and white); they should be less considered because they enforce certain limitation; nevertheless, when combined with other paints, these colors can accentuate the initial message. Too much black or too much white shall scare.

We have also the bright colors, such as red, yellow, orange. They are vibrant, warm and full of joy but they should be used with moderation during the painting of commercial buildings. They are best suited for one – level buildings and less for multi – level structures. Too much of them shall scratch the eye and might give the feeling of aggression.

There follows other colors, such as green or blue. Green is the color of life and nature and blue represents power and steadiness. It may be a very good idea to paint multileveled commercial building in blue or shades of blue because they don’t pose so much aggressiveness over the human eye.

The world of colors moves continuously, either progressing or regressing depending one the keenness of persons and a quality building painting shall always involve a thorough study, a bit of science and a lot of passion for the final benefit of customers.

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