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Why are so many control rooms I’ve visited or seen reference to over the years seafoam green?

Oceanside Sewage Treatment Plant in San Francisco, California. Photo credit @devonzuegel

Languages have more words to describe warm colors than cool colors; perhaps it’s a hat tip to simplicity? This mission critical ops design firm suggests light green colors lead to “productivity and creativity.” Maybe it’s a story of a singular paint company that got a killer governmental contract. Or some lingering Marie Kondo-esque aesthetic from the 1950s/60s?

Perhaps it’s just a nuclear plant sort of thing.

Nuclear reactor at MIT, Photo source

Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, Photo source

Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California, Photo source

Santa Maria de Garona nuclear plant in Spain, Photo source