Psychologists have known for many years that colour can affect how people feel. For this reason, attention should be given to colour schemes when decorating places such as offices and hospitals. How true this statement? How far colours influence people's health and capacity for work?
Sample Response
Since the beginning of the civilisation, colour is a big part of human life. Different research and experiments have been done to find the effect of colours on people’s mood and psychology and the findings show that feelings of people can be influenced by colour. Hence, public buildings are suggested to use appropriate colour for decoration to motivate people to feel better. I agree that colour can affect our psychology and that is why offices and other public buildings should have appropriate colour and decorations. Firstly, a public health service should be located at a nice place, have a comfortable environment and appropriate decoration so that people feel better being there. It is important for the patients who stay there for quite a while or visit there for treatments. The top priority should be the better treatment facility and skilled doctors and then the colour scheme and decoration should be set in a way so that people feel better being there. Green and white could be two suitable colours for a hospital. Colour of the building and decoration matter and that’s why the restaurants and food selling brands have invested a lot of money to find the right colour to inspire people to eat and drink. Almost every renowned restaurant has its own branding and colour to attract people. Proper colour can keep people calm and help them feel better and that’s why it is especially important for the hospitals and other health care centres to have the right colour and decoration. From my experience, I can say that I can wait more time in a room with soothing colour and decoration than in a messy room with very bright colour. A particular colour can trigger our brain and arouse our feelings unconsciously. Similarly colour and interior decoration used in an office building can affect the mood and psychology of employees. Natural and eye-soothing colours are better for our physical and mental health and directly related to our stress level. Hence using the most appropriate colour in offices is also important. From my personal experience, I can say that I find light green, aqua and white colour very eye-soothing and I prefer to stay in a room decorated using these colours. Probably a very bright red colour would give me a headache as it is often related to anger, frustration and fire. Thus I believe that colours are directly and indirectly related to people’s work performance, mental state and health. To conclude, I stand to claim that colour has a big effect on human psychology in many ways. Thus, colour or decoration of a room should never be selected randomly. Rather a good amount of time should be invested to colour any building.
IELTS Writing Correction
- 1. Remove unnecessary article Original: Since the beginning of the civilisation Suggested revision: Since the beginning of civilisation Why it matters: 'Civilisation' is used as a general historical concept here and does not require 'the'.
- 2. Use consistent tense Original: colour is a big part Suggested revision: colour has been a significant part Why it matters: The present perfect matches the period extending from the past to the present and improves the register.
- 3. Use countable study noun Original: Different research and experiments Suggested revision: Various studies and experiments Why it matters: 'Research' is generally uncountable, while 'studies' works naturally alongside plural 'experiments'.
- 4. Use concise possession Original: feelings of people Suggested revision: people’s feelings Why it matters: The possessive form is more natural and concise here.
- 5. Clarify reference Original: It is important for the patients Suggested revision: This is important for patients Why it matters: 'This' clearly refers to the comfortable setting, while patients are discussed generally.
- 6. Fix number and adverb Original: visit there for treatments Suggested revision: visit for treatment Why it matters: 'There' is redundant after 'visit', and treatment is used as a general mass noun.
- 7. Fix article and number Original: the better treatment facility Suggested revision: better treatment facilities Why it matters: The general reference requires no definite article and is more naturally plural.
- 8. Remove redundant linker Original: in a way so that Suggested revision: so that Why it matters: Using both 'in a way' and 'so that' creates unnecessary duplication.
- 9. Add definite article Original: Colour of the building Suggested revision: The colour of the building Why it matters: The specific colour associated with the building requires the definite article.
- 10. Use natural noun phrase Original: food selling brands Suggested revision: food brands Why it matters: 'Food brands' is the concise and idiomatic term for companies selling food products.
- 11. Clarify colour choice Original: Proper colour can keep people calm Suggested revision: The right colour scheme can keep people calm Why it matters: 'Colour scheme' expresses an intentional decorative choice more precisely than 'proper colour'.
- 12. Remove unnecessary article Original: for the hospitals Suggested revision: for hospitals Why it matters: Hospitals are discussed generally, so the definite article is unnecessary.
Suggested Rewrites
- Since the beginning of the civilisation Since the beginning of civilisation
- colour is a big part colour has been a significant part
- Different research and experiments Various studies and experiments
- feelings of people people’s feelings
- It is important for the patients This is important for patients
- visit there for treatments visit for treatment
Why this response received Band 6.5
The response presents a consistent view and supplies relevant examples from hospitals, restaurants, offices, and personal experience, showing a solid understanding of how colour may affect feelings. However, it is repetitive, lacks paragraph divisions, and develops the link to work capacity less fully than the general psychological effects. Prioritise a clearer paragraph structure and a focused explanation of how particular colour choices influence employee concentration, stress, and productivity.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response answers both questions with a clear position and relevant examples, but discussion of work capacity is comparatively brief and general.
Explain a specific causal link between colour, employee concentration or stress, and measurable work performance.
Coherence and Cohesion
The argument has an understandable overall progression, but one unbroken paragraph and repeated points about feeling better weaken organisation.
Group the discussion into separate paragraphs for health settings and workplaces, with one distinct controlling idea in each.
Lexical Resource
There is adequate range for discussing psychology and environments, though repetition and several awkward collocations limit precision.
Vary repeated references to colour and decoration and replace unnatural phrases with precise terms such as calming tones, visual comfort, and workplace productivity.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A mix of sentence forms communicates meaning clearly, but recurring article, plurality, agreement, and clause-control errors are noticeable.
Check noun phrases and agreement systematically, especially singular colour versus plural colours and missing articles before countable nouns.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
Psychologists have known for many years that colour can affect how people feel. For this reason, attention should be given to colour schemes when decorating places such as offices and hospitals. How true this statement? How far colours influence people's health and capacity for work?
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