Purple may be calming, but I remember from a college psyche class that pink actually induces psychosis. They've done studies in mental institutions, and they've learned NOT to paint the padded cells pink...
We've just had our classrooms here at work remodelled, and the poor project manager actually made the mistake of asking our team of six trainers (including five females) to decide what color we wanted the room to be... The winner was sort of a light grey-blue shade -- picture a computer monitor with a white screen that's starting to fade out (like the one I'm looking at right now). It won primarily because it's called "Goddess" Blue!
So much for gender-specific colors!
