• Red accelerates the heart rate, giving you a jolt of energy. Your eye is instantly drawn to red, and it promotes physical activity and emotion.
• Orange is a social color, encouraging interaction. It works well in meeting rooms or other social spaces.
• Yellow stimulates creativity and optimism.
• Green is calming, and also causes zero eye strain over long periods of time.
• Blue is calming and stable, it helps most people focus on intensive tasks.
• Purple stimulates problem solving, despite not being a very popular color in workspace decor.

The preferred seems to be around 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

If you’re lucky enough to work remote or have your own office with an independent thermostat, experiment with which temperature works for you.

• There’s no replacement for true natural light.
• Fluorescent lighting saps your energy and makes you less productive, without even mentioning the environmental issues.
• LED light can be a good substitute for natural light.

Music that works best for immersive tasks:

• Familiar music, so your brain doesn’t look ahead for what’s next.
• Classical music, especially Baroque-period pieces for productivity boosts and no lyrics.
• Electronica and its repetitive sounds as a way to increase focus.
• Video game soundtracks, which are created to be atmospheric, but not distracting.
• Quiet music of any kind can provide background noise without disrupting focus.