•  Analogous: 3-5 related colors next to each other on the color wheel.

•  Book-matched veneer: Veneers are cut from the tree, then split into mirror-images for a perfect match in natural grains.

•  CAL133: California Technical Bulletin 133 covers Flammability Test Procedure for Seating Furniture for Use in Public Occupancies

•  Complementary: 2 colors directly opposite on the color wheel.

•  Dominant color: Main color.

•  Handed: Desks with returns or bridges are set up for right-handed or left-handed users as follows: A right-handed person puts the return on their right and so uses a “left-handed desk with a right return) and vice versa.

•  Hue: Color

•  Monochromatic: Various tints, tones & shades all from the same color.

•  Non-handed modular: Modular systems are designed to be flexible regardless of “handed” orientation. These systems can be regrouped for right-handed or left-handed users without additional requirements.

•  Proportionate: Relational.

•  Split complementary: A main color and two colors adjacent to its complement.

•  Swatch: Sample

•  Tint: A color mixed with white.

•  Tone: A color mixed with gray.

•  Triadic: Colors equally spaced around the color wheel.

•  Value: Brightness. How light or dark a color is based on how close it is to white.

•  Value Study: A study typically prepared in shades of gray in order to determine intensity or brightness of a color scheme prior to adding hue.

Tips to Manage and Improve Your Project :

• Measure with accuracy. Err on the short side of floor plan dimensions (conversely err on the long side of furniture dimensions)
• Be aware of the obvious:
   •  location & size of windows, doors, columns that      will affect your layout
   •   location on walls/floors of electrical sources &      data/phone cabling
   •  angled walls and/or different floor levels
• Be aware of the not-so-obvious:
   •  obstacles on walls (light switches, thermostats,      wire molding, conduit, vents, fire extinguishers      etc.)
  •  “jogs” in the walls
  •  window placement on walls (floor-to-ceiling or    height above floor)
  •  wall composition for wall mounts (dry wall,    concrete, concrete block etc.)
  •  location of ceiling light fixtures & air conditioning    vents for power pole placement.
• Research local building codes that can affect panel heights and panel to building electrical connections
• Work with your panel installer, electrician, and data wiring installer to plan building access, permits, and installation sequences.

Useful Links :
www.colorwheelco.com The Color Wheel Company www.designresearchsociety.org Design Research Society
www.iida.org International Interior Design Association www.ifma.org International Facilities Management Association
www.safetycenter.org Safety Center
www.osha.gov Occupational Safety and Health Administration
www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/publications Harvard Graduate School of Design Publications www.healthdesign.org The Center for Health Design www.mmart.com/neocon/ NeoCon World's Trade Fair, Chicago October 2006 www.merchandisemart.com/neoconeast : NeoCon East, Baltimore October 2006
www.worldworkplace.org IFMA World Workplace San Diego October 2006
www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/stdspdf.htm Americans with Disabilities Design Standards ( ADA )