Color+Architecture

Aplication of Color in Architecture!

according to a Archi-Field the color may change the perception of the space, make it formal or informal. with that argument, the color most be based upon the concept and the concept depens of what the architect wants.

The first considerations are the orientation of the room, existing finishes, furniture and the artifacts to be placed in room.

For planning a color scheme, we must consider three main components of shell –
 * Walls, floors, ceiling
 * Proportions of the room
 * Balance of solids and voids


 * 1. Walls, floors, ceiling **

People feel more comfortable in room with light ceiling, medium walls and dark floors and it corresponds to the color of sky, foliage and earth respectively. ** 2. Proportions of the room ** If a room is too large, the effect can be subdued by using dark colors and complementary color schemes. If the room is too small, it can be made to appear larger by the use of light colors and monochromatic and analogous color schemes.

** 3. Balance of solids and voids ** It determines the amount of light entering into a room. If a room lighted more than the desired comfort level, then the effect can be subdued by use of dark colors. If amount of light entering into the room is lesser than the desired level then the effect can be subdued by use of light colors. It depends on the extent of windows in a room. Proportions of each color in a color scheme are also important. You have to balance entire design scheme by use of light and dark colors. You have to identify the objects which are to be painted with light color or dark color. So, smaller objects should be in dark colors. Choice of color scheme also depends upon the nature of projects. For residential areas, harmonious color schemes (monochromatic or analogous) are preferred and preferably cool colors are used on southern sides and little bit of warm colors are used on northern side (Indian context).

**For Health Centers**, soothing colors are used with a little bit of warmth such as combination of off-whites and browns. **For Hotels and Restaurants** bright and warm colors are used with complimentary color schemes. These colors are used to provide stimulating and exciting effects. Examples: red, yellow, orange with complimentary colors. **For Nursery Schools**, bright colors like red and yellow with complimentary color schemes are used which depicts childhood.
 * Red depicts childhood
 * Yellow depicts youth
 * Green depicts maturity
 * Blue depicts old age

Colors are also important for Exterior Façade. Color concept for exterior façade depends upon the whether building should merge with surrounding or it should be isolated with the surrounding. When building is to merge with surroundings, colors used are greens, light browns, blues which are close to nature. For building which should be isolated from surrounding red, magenta colors are used. Larger areas on façade should be painted with light colors with small horizontal bands painted in dark colors.


 * Example: the famous architecture Richard Meier make almost all of his architecture in white... **



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