The book is aimed at architects, interior designers and color designers, as well as students and committed practitioners. There is also valuable information and inspiration for communal planning authorities, decisionmakers, teachers, psychologists, and doctors.
[...]... brightness of the color and the degree of luminance on the gray scale Paint collections and color systems could be an initial help in deciding on a selection of colors Ultimately, as a designer, When applying color systems, it is important to note that one should be open to developing a color individually in the the entire color tone area of complementary color mixes studio, or with a painter on site,... aspect of the function of color as a communication factor is thus linked to its interactive characteristics Color exists in itself, it connects things with each other and connects things with people.” (Pieter Uyttenhoven) 17 4 HUMANS AND COLOR To illustrate the complex relationship between humans and SEEING COLOR color, the three parameters of seeing, perceiving, and experi- Seeing color is a sensory experience... subtractive color mixing: the Plochere full spectral colors, meaning that in relation to their wave- System and the Colorizer for pigment mixing; the Hicke- lengths and their positions in the CIE system, they have maxi- thier Color Order, the Villalobos Color Atlas, and the Wilson mum saturation and purity, also called chroma The colors in Color System for halftone printing; the “warm” half of the color. .. fruits, _ Are indicators and expressions of the zeitgeist, which is sub- and flowers We encounter color in diverse combinations in the animal kingdom: on animals’ skin, shells, markings, feathers, and fur People’s skin, eyes, hair, and clothing also contain ject to change _ Crucially influence the statement, effect, and acceptance of objects and space color. The human-designed environment is all in color: ... which a color is distin- Philosophers and artists have been making statements about guished Also referred to as strength, intensity or chroma, it individual colors and color groups since the beginning of designates the purity of a given color, the quality that distin- recorded history.Yet an attempt to spatially order and systema- guishes it from a grayed-down color (less chromatic or in- tize the color. .. cells Horizontal cells Retina Rod cells Cone cells Light Retina Sectional view of the retina 18 > Optic nerve 4 HUMANS AND COLOR nerve fibers into the optic nerve and thus into the brain, where EXPERIENCING COLOR the stimulus is converted into conscious vision By a complex Perceiving colors means experiencing them and becoming process of physiological-psychological data processing, the more aware of them,... example: mainly blue tones were used as a calming element for the patients This was not Human reaction to color in space depends on many factors: achieved, but resulted in spaces that were uniform and mo- _ Hue and nuance notonous From this it can be assumed that relaxed, calm, or _ Amount and location of the color in space stimulating spatial environments can only be achieved in line _ Paint color and... contrasts using pure colors are very strik- tention In a spatial context, intensity contrast is a good in- ing, vibrant, and powerful.They attract attention In interior de- strument for color dominance, subdominance, or accent One sign, especially in spaces where people spend large amounts of particular form of intensity contrast is the nuance contrast time, chromatic contrasts should be used sparingly,... of the system Color is solely devel- industrially published, mass-produced with the quality of the oped between black or white, and hue Heinrich Frieling ex- unique amined the possibilities of the presentation and realization Anyone working seriously with color will find it necessary of complementary/compensative color fields in his Color- to use some kind of color classification system Color systems... cultural differences Green is the color out of the original human color experience We must consider of life for people of desert cultures; it is a holy color in Islam, the entire span of experience that humans have had in the the color of paradise, and the sign of all material and spiritual process of evolving, in order to develop color symbolism, its things For people living in forest or jungle, green equally . Switzerland. Part of Springer Science+Business Media Printed on acid-free paper produced from chlorine-free pulp. TCF ∞ Printed in Germany ISBN-10: 3-7 64 3-7 59 6-5 ISBN-13: 97 8-3 -7 64 3-7 59 6-6 9 8 7 6 5 4. h0" alt="" Color – Communication in Architectural Space Meerwein Rodeck Mahnke Color – Communication in Architectural Space Birkhäuser Basel • Boston • Berlin Title of the original German. Communication 13 3 Color – An Environmental Element 16 Color – Communication in Architectural Space 17 4 Humans and Color 18 What is Color? 18 Seeing Color 18 Perception of Color 19 Experiencing Color 19 Spatial