Colours can perk you up at work

顏色讓您在工作中提起幹勁
 By Nadine Bells | Shine – 8 hours agohttp://ca.shine.yahoo.com/colours-can-perk-you-up-at-work.html

Feeling sluggish at work? Uninspired? Anxious? A spoonful of colour might be just the medicine you need.

覺得工作時很遲緩 ? 缺乏靈感? 焦慮 ? 一匙的顏色可能是你所需要的解藥.

Colour therapy isn’t exactly new. 

色彩療法不確切是個新招 .

We think about relaxing hues for the bedroom and fresh and lively ones for the kitchen.

我們思考臥房的輕鬆色調以及廚房的新鮮與活潑的色調

Maybe it’s time to start tackling those Monday “back at the office” blues with colour, too.

或許現在正是用顏色來處理那些星期一憂鬱症的時候了

Stylist Home diagnoses workplace attitudes and offers colourful remedies to those sour moods. 

Kaitlyn Davis writes the trick to finding the perfect colour for your office lies in wavelengths. 

“Different colours have different wavelengths and generally low-wavelength hues require less energy from us to detect while high-wavelength colours have the opposite effect.” 
「不同的顏色有不同的波長, 一般來說波長短的色調對我們來說需要較少的能量來偵測, 然而長波長的顏色有相反的效果.」

Typically, warm colours are higher in wavelength than their cooler counterparts.
通常, 暖色系的顏色的波長比較長 .

“Warm colours, which include red, orange and yellow, that create more aggressive responses and cool colours, which include blue, indigo, green and violet, that bring about relaxing reactions,” writes Alice Shapiro of Patch’s House & Home.
暖色系, 像是紅色, 橘色, 黃色, 會建構出很多侵略性的反應, 而冷色系像是藍色, indigo (深藍紫色), 綠色, 和 violet (紫羅蘭色) 會帶來比較輕鬆的反應, 由 Alice Shapiro of Patch’s House & Home 所寫 .

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So if you’re stressed out with a hectic work schedule, stick to low-wavelength colours at the office.
如果你在極其忙碌的工作計畫中覺得非常焦慮緊繃而無法放鬆, 在辦公室使用低波長的顏色吧 .

Even if you can’t paint the walls, strategically accent your space with colour that will make your day happier.
即使你不能粉刷你的牆壁, 策略上用顏色來強調你的工作空間將會讓你的工作日更快樂 ! 

Unmotivated? Try purple.
沒有動機嗎? 試試紫色吧 !

Purple is a low-wavelength colour that’s both calming and rejuvenating. In Feng Shui, purple is “a colour of protection and power,” providing mental and physical healing.
紫色是一個低波長的顏色, 具有讓人平靜, 振興的作用 . Feng Shui認為, 紫色是 "保護和力量的顏色", 提供心智和物理上的治療

Stylist Home suggests pairing a black desk — an authoritative piece — with violet or lavender accents to help you feel in control of your work life.
Stylist Home建議黑色的桌子 --  一個權威性的東西 -- 加上紫羅蘭或薰衣草 (lavender) 去幫助你感覺你能掌握你的工作生活 .

Confined? Try green.

感到受侷限了? 試試綠色吧.

Maybe your cubicle is too tiny, or the office feels dark, small and prison-like.

可能你的空間太小了, 或者辦公室太黑暗, 狹小, 以及如監獄一般 .

Bring the outdoors in, subsequently making your space feel more open and alive, with a few natural accents.

把戶外帶進來, 讓你的空間更開放以及有生命力, 搭配著一些自然的補強.

Put a potted plant on your desk, hang landscape photography on the wall, or paint a piece of furniture in this relaxing low-wavelength shade.

把植物放在桌上, 在牆上掛上自然景觀的照片, 或者把一些家具塗成輕鬆的低波長色調 .

Uninspired? Try orange.
缺乏靈感嗎? 試試橘色吧.

For creative types, writer’s block — or the equivalent in another medium — is frustrating. 

對於創意方面的工作, 思緒陷入瓶頸是讓人沮喪的

Add a pop of high-wavelength orange. The stimulating colour will kickstart your brainstorming.
加入長波長的橘色 . 刺激性的色彩將會激發腦力激盪

"Orange is associated with vitality, activity and adventure in colour psychology," says interior-design-tutor.net.

interior-design-tutor.net.表示 "在色彩心理學上, 橘色生命力與活動和冒險有關聯" 

Opt for warmer hues — burnt orange, maybe — to avoid that distracting jolt from too-bright shades.

其他的暖色調 -- 或許如焦橙色-- 來避免受到明亮的色調而分散注意力

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perk up phr v informal

1. to become more cheerful, active, and interested in what is happening around you or to make someone feel this way.

perk sb <=> up

sluggish adj

moving or reacting more slowly than normal

spoonful adj

the amout that a spoon will hold. [+of]

therapy n (plural therapies)

the treatment of an illness or injury over a fairly long period of time.

hue n [C] literary

a colour or type of colour

tackle v. 

to try to deal with a difficult problem

stress out

to become too anxious or tired to be able to relax

hectic adj

very busy; full of activity

cubicle noun

a small room that is made by separating off part of a large room.