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Hospitals or "clinics" are often painted white. Clinical in this usage refers to reminiscent of a clinic.

• catalogia 7y ago
  Beige is a very common color in hospitals too. Hospital beds are very frequently beige, as well as various other equipment. If white is the most common color in hospitals, beige is surely a close second. Loads of beige in both of these: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hospital+room&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hospital+room&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=doctors+office&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=doctors+office&iar=images
  • wavefunction 7y ago
    https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/color-white/ https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/color-white/ https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/color-beige/ https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/color-beige/ This may seem like mumbo-jumbo but colors have a psychological effect on people. Beige also conceals stains from body fluids better than white. In any case I was explaining the usage of "clinical" and not "hospital beds."
    • catalogia 7y ago
      I don't dispute that colors can have psychological impacts on people; it's obvious that they can. What I dispute is beige being less 'clinical' than white, insofar as white can be clinical the term seems to fit beige just as well. Also the page you linked gives 'shades of white' that include beige-like colors: https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Shades-of-Color-White.jpg https://colorpsychologymeaning.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/0... Which I think reinforces my point that these are very similar colors used in similar (clinical) contexts. White gives you notions of purity or cleanliness while beige is neutral and relaxed, either has obvious value in a clinical setting.