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Color Me Productive

Posted by timothy on from the grey-is-friendly dept.

sartin writes "Forget the saturated colors from The Andromeda Strain lab, researchers at The University of Texas report how color affects productivity. The results have some expected (different things work for different people) and some surprising (bright red is very good for some people) tidbits. At long last, I have scientific proof that the taupe and beige on my cubical wall are not the best colors for my productivity."

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  1. Im not imaging it! by Hardwyred · · Score: 4, Funny

    These gray cube walls ARE sucking the life out of me!

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  2. It turns out The Andromeda Strain was wrong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...when the truth was closer to Goodfellas.

  3. Mystery solved! by MarkGriz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess that explains the hideous color scheme for the slashdot IT section... it's the color that makes you most productive.
    Of course, the fact that your reading it instead of doing work probably negates any potential increase in productivity.

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    Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.
  4. Now maybe that was a typo by Julian+Morrison · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...and maybe it wasn't, but still I nominate the following word
    poductivity
    for neologism of the year.
  5. Why you want Andromeda Strain lab colors: by dexter+riley · · Score: 3, Funny


    Interior Wildfire lab. A message flashes across a computer screen:
    DEGENERATIVE CHANGE IN GASKET G455-1
    DEGENERATIVE CHANGE IN GASKET G455-2
    DEGENERATIVE CHANGE IN GASKET G455-3

    HALL: The lab's been compromized!
    COMPUTER VOICE: Self-destruct sequence has been initiated. There are now five minutes to detonation.
    STONE: Quick, you've got to get up to the taupe level, to stop the sterilization protocol!
    HALL: (long pause) Taupe?!
    STONE: Yes, there's no substation on the beige or ivory levels. Get going!
    Hall slowly walks off.
    HALL: (to himself) Taupe? What the hell kind of color is taupe?

    Later:
    COMPUTER VOICE: There are now thirty seconds to detonation.
    Hall exits the stairwell and looks around. The walls are a uniform grey color. He presses the intercom button.
    HALL: Hey, Stone! Is this taupe? It all looks gray to me.
    STONE: What are you doing on the ecru level? Taupe, Hall! Taupe!
    HALL: TAUPE?!? Yeah, I got your taupe right here--

    The nuclear device detonates, vaporizing everyone in the complex. The resulting mushroom cloud is a lovely shade of umber.