The effect of colours used in secondary schools on the efficiency of learning

The educational environment includes many educational and architectural factors. The current study investigates the effect of colors on the efficiency and quality of the learning process. The physical environment should be a living and dynamic factor in the quality of students' education. The study aims to enhance and support the findings of previous relevant studies, which emphasized the effect of colors as a means of conveying meanings that affect students’ behavior and understanding. The study used the quantitative survey method and questionnaire as a means of collecting information in secondary schools, with 175 male and 175 female students. A questionnaire was made for nine colors, six monochromatic colors Yellow, Orange (Yellow orang), Green, Blue, White, and Grey, and three colors with complementary movement, Blue + Yellow, Greenish yellow + Blue, and Reddish yellow + Greenish blue. The results showed that cold colors with a complementary color, such as blue + yellow, green yellow + blue, and reddish yellow + green blue, are preferred and are the most used in the educational environment, followed by single cold colors such as green and blue, as these colors are considered comfortable and soothing to the eyes due to their short wavelength, which helps... Increasing focus and attention for longer periods without feeling bored, meaning that it is likely to be used in educational spaces because it positively affects the perception and understanding of recipients and can help create an ideal educational environment that combines focus and psychological and visual comfort. On the other hand, colors with high wavelengths (warm colors), such as red, and neutral colors, such as gray, are the colors of anxiety, fear, and boredom, and can create an atmosphere charged with tension, lack of concentration, and boredom in educational environments, which negatively affects students’ performance.