The room where they play gambling, perhaps, cannot be confused with any other. There is a special atmosphere and special decoration here. Thus, casinos are invariably decorated in dark red tones, and gambling tables are covered with green and only green cloth.
The use of color schemes in a casino is not a trend of fashion, but a selfish calculation. The casino should have a peaceful environment that calms the nerves and at the same time heightens the excitement. For this, green is used on the tables and red in the overall decor of the room. The green color of the table has a beneficial effect on a person, relaxes his attention and at the same time increases his receptivity to the environment, it gives players confidence, increases the desire to succeed in the game.
Psychology of color perception
People have noticed the peculiarities of the influence of color on the moral and psychological state for a long time. Scientifically the theory of color was substantiated by one of the famous Swiss psychologists Max Luscher, the founder of color analysis. His theory is based on people's perception of a particular color and the corresponding dependent behavior.
Luscher believes that there are only 4 basic colors, and green is by no means the main one. Moreover, green in human perception is always mixed with blue and its shades, and therefore its independent use leads to an increase in the impact on a person. Those. the green cloth of the table in the casino provokes the player to show not just perseverance, as it would be in the case of a reaction to the gray-blue or green-blue colors, but real stubbornness in striving to win. The more stubborn the player is, the more bets he will make.
Intense green is soothing. Since the main attention in the casino is focused on the gambling table, when looking at it, a person has a feeling of calmness and comfort. Green also contributes to the development of a penchant for adventurism, which is important for creating an appropriate atmosphere around the gaming table in a casino.
Practical use
The casino is a very conservative structure, the organization, the rules of the games, the requirements for the players have not changed for centuries, and therefore the chips invented in the 19th century have not changed either the design or the size. Moreover, modern types of games seem to have adjusted to the requirements and began to use figures that are very similar to other ones.
This means that at first the green color is used more so that the cards and chips are better visible on the table. In the dim candlelight and dim light from the first electric lamps, the bones were very difficult to make out, while the green cloth set off the red and black chips and white bones. Later it turned out that dim light is very beneficial for rooms, because it creates an intimate atmosphere, so the first entrepreneurs in Las Vegas who tried to use bright and festive lighting in the halls quickly abandoned it. It is believed that today, in combination with lighting, players can better see the colors and suits of cards, the denominations of chips on the gaming tables of the casino.
In addition, the green cloth that covered the first gaming tables is dense dyed cashmere. This is the most durable cloth that existed until the middle of the twentieth century. It was difficult to dye it in other tones due to the lack of dyes, and therefore on the tables, which were rubbed off every evening with cards, bones, hands, they stuffed only strong fabric - green.
