Perceived and Inherent Colour : Comparing the colour of external façades with colour samples

• This chapter begins with a Swedish façade colour tradition. In the past 50 years have faced an enormous explosion in the range of new pigments new paint formulas and new industrially-coated materials. This innovation has opened up new and fantastic opportunities for the creative colour designer - but it also brings new problems. No architect or colour designer can fully predict from his or her own experience the perceptual characteristics of all the available pigments and colour materials. In order to clarify the situation have to be clear about the terminology and distinguish between two uses of the word ‘colour’. ‘Perceived colour’ defines the colour that is seen in a specific situation, by a specific observer. This means that the perceived colour of an object varies according to factors such as light and viewing distance. ‘Inherent colour’, on the other hand, is the constant chromatic quality of the façade.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Konst -- Arkitektur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Arts -- Architecture (hsv//eng)

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