Editing Classroom (section)

===Color selection===
[[File:U.Va. classroom.jpg|thumb|A classroom in the [[University of Virginia]]'s New Cabell Hall, featuring white, gray, yellow, and black as its dominant colors.]]
[[Color theory]] refers to the effects color has on the human body. Red is said to increase both aggression and appetite, a poor combination for a school's interior. Yellow increases adrenaline levels and is also undesirable for a school setting. Blue, green, and brown create a relaxing and calming environment, which is a positive for the classroom.<ref name="Dyck">{{Citation|last=Dyck|first=James|title=The Built Environment's Effect on Learning: Applying Current Research|journal=Montessori Life|volume=14|issue=1|page=53|year=2002}}</ref> However, blue also is associated with cold and sadness and elongates the sense of time, which would make a blue classroom tortuous for students (Vodvarka, 1999). Warm colors are often favored by students, making them more alert and increasing brain activity, which helps in increasing test scores. Cool colors had the opposite effect.<ref>{{citation|author1=Jago, Elizabeth|title=Influence of the School Facility on Student Achievement: Lighting; Color|date=April 1999|url=http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716224145/http://www.coe.uga.edu/sdpl/researchabstracts/visual.html|archive-date=2012-07-16|author2=Tanner, Ken|url-status=dead}}</ref> By balancing warm and cool colors, bright and subdued, a pleasing effect can be achieved that will reduce absenteeism in schools and keep the students focused on what the teacher is saying. Test scores go up when children are not in a stark white environment, which can feel sterile and cold.<ref>{{citation|author=Fielding, Randall|title=What They See Is What They Get: Ten Myths about Lighting and Color in Schools|date=March 2006|url=http://www.edutopia.org/what-they-see-what-we-get|journal=Edutopia|volume=2|number=2|pages=28–30}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Color Theory for Classrooms and Schools|url=http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/color.cfm|publisher=National Institute of Building Sciences|access-date=2013-05-07|archive-date=2017-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527143304/http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/color.cfm|url-status=dead}}</ref>