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CONTENT
Colour - Communication in
Architectural Space
Seeing colour
Perception of Colour in
Architectural Space DTB 302 COLOUR (+LIGHT)
Experiencing Colour Colour
Experience Pyramid
Under stimulation and
Overstimulation in Colour
Design
Personal Reaction to Colour
Colour Influence on Human
Emotion
Colour Effects in the Interior
Space
COLOUR, THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN RESPONSE
Our senses are the instruments of communication that facilitate
our relationship with the environment
Victor Frankl
Material and
The physical dimension defines our
artistic interests physical and material interaction
Organic processes with the environment.
Creative-visionary ideas
directed Physical processes The mental dimension reflects our
at human development
physical and intellectual
experience.
Human compassion and
ethical competence
Biological-physiological functions
and the related The spiritual dimension governs
chemical and physical
Autonomous decisions
and free will
processes our sensory and cognitive
interaction with the environment.
The four physically oriented senses the
sense of touch, the sense of life/comfort, the
sense of movement, and the sense of balance
are characterised by will and action.
Colours fulfil many different functions and serve as information, communication and design
materials.
Colours
Communicate symbolic messages
Signals
Camouflage and deter
Provide help with orientation
Contribute to order and
differentiation
Indicates special functions
Are geographic, ethnic, and
cultural attributes
Are feature of fashion and style
Are markers of personal and group
identity
Express style and design trends
WHAT IS COLOUR?
Colour is not a property of objects, spaces, or surfaces; it is the sensation caused by certain
qualities of light that the eye recognises and the brain interprets.
We see colour in all its variety in different objects and cultural products
It is part of the terms and conditions under which humans live and
experience
Personal
Relationship
Conscious SymbolismAssociations
Collective Unconscious
ritual symbolism
traditional symbolism
Cerebral Cortex
The cerebrum is
located below the Thalamus Hypothalamus
cerebral cortex
It has often been assumed that white, gray, and black were neutral
colours in spatial design. However, it has been shown that even these
achromatic colours trigger psychophysiological effects
VISUAL PATTERN
UNITY AND COMPLEXITY BALANCE
Communicators (C) Perception (P) Impression (I) Emotional Reaction (E) = CPIE formula
Fear Apprehension
Sorrow Pensiveness
THE SYNESTHETIC EFFECT OF COLOUR
Perception of Volume
Perception of Weight and Size
Perception of Temperature
fresh slate
sweet sour
soft hard
quiet loud
Warm cool
light heavy
In designing the built environment, equal attention must be given to the psychological,
physiological, visual and aesthetic aspects of colour.
The balance between unity and complexity is the first and most important rule in designing
attractive and healthy environments.
The synaesthetic effects of colour in spatial design can influence the perception of spatial
dimensions and compensate for stress factors at the workplace.
Knowledge grows exponentially. The more we know, the greater our ability to learn,
and the faster we expand our knowledge base.
Albert Einstein