The California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis (CLTC) has launched “The Color Lab” to explore the impact of discrete color spectra on stress, mood and alertness. Developed in collaboration with the Center for Mind and Brain and with support from Toyota-Boshoku America, the Lab comes in response to the lack of data to support the use of specific light colors for increased wellness—and sets out to use commercially available color-tuning lighting technologies to answer common questions such as “Which light colors will optimize spaces for occupant wellness?”
The Color Lab will be available to all UC Davis researchers and partners interested in studying the interactions between discrete spectra and humans. Partners from The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences are already collaborating with the team on the circadian implications of discrete spectra via the Davis Circadian Protocol. To learn more, visit https://cltc.ucdavis.edu.