9 Ways of Bringing Colour into Your Next Laboratory Space - With Live Examples

Introducing colour to your cabinetry adds vibrancy and personality to laboratory spaces while ensuring functionality, organization and productivity to ensure maximum results from the work being done. Here are 9 ways of successfully bringing colour into your next laboratory space.

Flooring plays a significant role in adding colour and visual interest to laboratory spaces, enhancing both the aesthetic appeal and functionality of the environment. Choosing vibrant, bold, or subtle flooring options in laboratories creates dynamic atmospheres to support the work being done.

Adding colour introduces energy and vibrancy which can positively influence mood and focus, contributing to a work environment more conducive to productive research and innovation. Flooring can also be used to display company logos or colours to add flare to your lab without impacting functionality.

Additionally, colourful flooring can be used to define different zones within a laboratory, helping with spatial organization and improving workflow. 

Introducing colour to your cabinetry adds vibrancy and personality to laboratory spaces while ensuring functionality and organization. Selecting unique colours from Westlab’s extensive colour range transforms your cabinetry, creating visually appealing environments that align with the desired atmosphere.

Brightly coloured cabinets can add energy and enhance the overall design, or custom colours can be used to colour code, adding visual interest whilst achieving a practical purpose of effortless organization of items by function or priority. This further stimulates productivity and efficiency, reducing the strain imposed on lab technicians.

Colour in cabinetry aids in visual cues for workflow and safety, creating a cohesive and efficient laboratory environment.

FF&E significantly contributes to adding colour and vibrancy to laboratory spaces while enhancing both functionality and aesthetics. An element of personality and visual appeal is introduced by carefully selecting colourful lab chairs, workstations, shelving, and storage solutions.

Brightly coloured FF&E can help to create a lively and engaging environment, encouraging creativity and focus. Using varied hues in FF&E can delineate different work areas or zones, improving organization and workflow. For example, colour-coded furniture can help identify specific functions or tasks, aiding safety and efficiency in a highly productive workspace.

In addition to its practical benefits, incorporating colour through FF&E helps complete a welcoming and dynamic environment maintaining its functions as a sterile, utilitarian space.

Seating in a laboratory is a powerful way to inject life and energy into a laboratory space. By choosing Westlab’s vibrant, eye-catching chairs in bold tones, you create an engaging atmosphere subject to maximum efficiency and productivity.

These pops of colour not only add visual interest, but again can also be used to distinguish different areas or functions within the lab, or simply reflect colours symbolic to your business or organization.

Comfortable, well-designed seating in bright shades can inspire creativity, encourage collaboration, and contribute to an overall positive work environment, making a dynamic environment whilst not compromising functionality.

Ceilings are often overlooked when creating the ultimate laboratory space. The truth is, adding colour to your ceiling transforms the average laboratory, breaking up the monotony of white or neutral tones and making for a more visually engaging area. Coloured ceilings create a unique ambiance to complement the rest of the design elements.

Not only is it a very useful tool in spatial organization and zoning in your lab, but it has also been proven to improve the overall mood and productivity of those working within the space. 

Ceilings are often overlooked when creating the ultimate laboratory space. The truth is, adding colour to your ceiling transforms the average laboratory, breaking up the monotony of white or neutral tones and making for a more visually engaging area. Coloured ceilings create a unique ambiance to complement the rest of the design elements.

Not only is it a very useful tool in spatial organization and zoning in your lab, but it has also been proven to improve the overall mood and productivity of those working within the space. 

Safety is paramount in laboratories, but it can get a little monotonous seeing colourless emergency areas. Brighter attention-grabbing colours enhance safety and visibility whilst positively impacting the overall design of the space.

Coloured emergency areas immediately draw attention and indicate critical areas, complimenting themes of practicality, productivity and most importantly ensuring the safety of everyone in the lab. Having order and preparedness through carefully thought-out colour choices ensures functionality and aesthetics are upheld throughout the laboratory, creating autonomy and speed when locating critical areas.

Westlab will also assist in ensuring the position of the emergency area aligns with industry standards and allows for effortless access.

Maximising space usage is vital to an effective laboratory. On top of this, colour-coding storage puts you a step ahead when organizing your workspace. It allows for visual management, creating autonomy and speed when looking for consumables, ultimately making you less reliant on a lab technician as consumables are easily located.

Not only does it improve the overall looks of the lab, but it enforces the system of organization to minimise clutter and increase the efficiency and functionality of the lab. Whether it is using the trademark company colours or opting for a more vibrant look, adding colour to integrated storage offers a seamless way to enhance both the visual interest and efficiency of a lab.

Good lighting in a laboratory space is crucial. It makes sure functionality is upheld, but it can also be used to add colour and atmosphere to your lab.

Vibrant glass panes are a great way to shield glary light whilst providing a greater aesthetic appeal. Lights with adjustable brightness bring out greater tones in the lab and can be regulated according to the needs of each activity without jeopardizing the effectiveness of research and experiments being undertaken.

Changing the lighting tones can successfully influence mood and focus or promote alertness and precision, whilst extracting unique tones otherwise not achieved.