The Way We Live With Colour

"The orange of tangerine makes a brilliant impact against a background of cobalt blue;in intense sunlight brightly painted exteriors or blossom of flame trees acquire additional strength in their assertive reds and pinks;in markets the world over,display of fruit,vegetables and,especially,flowers brings visual excitement to city streets and squares.The power of such images to attract our attention and shape our lives suggests that all the constituent elements of the world aroun us.Forms,textures,sounds and colours ,it is the latter which most directly affect our moods and being."

Colour is the factor that we need to consider everywhere in our lives;because they have meanings and they remind something.As everyone know some clichés ;

red is   : love,fire,attention,danger

blue is  : youth, spirituality, truth, peace

yellow  :wisdom, joy, happiness, intellectual energy

pink     :love, beauty

These are the general meanings have proved by researchers;but also colour meanings can change place to place,country to country,person to person.

If we consider interior spaces and architecture we need to pay attention to these meanings.For sure we need to keep in mind the clients' taste.For example white: at small places white can give freshness,enlightment and shows the space bigger but if u apply to a very big space it can give a hospital and insane effect.

I am sure you've noticed about summer houses or the restaurants at seaside.Most of them use blue,white and sometimes green.Because they are the colors of summer and symbolize the sea.

Wide spaces can carry most of the colors,and you can use more than one;but in small and narrow spaces if you use dark colours it gives claustrophobic effect.

 A play of reds,pinks and golds,is the design of an eminent Parisian creator of women's clothing from the
finest fabrics.

This elegant Paris interior a pale colour scheme-including the floor-comes into its own as the most effective    background for the display of objects and furniture.

In this hotel on the fashionable island "Carribean";the combination of blue and green reads like a reflection of the lush island vegetation set in a sea of shimmering blues.

Some colors symbolize some places,countries,ethnics and traditions.The images above are taken at India,Africa,Egypt,Bangkok.You can see 1 image divided into 6 pieces which are accomplishing eachother.


This book "The way we live with colour" i 've bought from Milan-Rinascente Design market and it gives a very clear explanation about the connection between colours,styles,traditions,countries and places.It can be a very nice guide for the people who are designing international.
(All these photos are taken from the book.)

MC