CHROMATIC ENERGY OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

CHROMATIC

chromatikos=color
anything related to color or color phenomena

ENERGY

energos=active
the capacity of acting or being active

COLOR

phenomenon of light and visual perception that may be described in terms of an individual’s perception of hue, saturation, and tonal value

COLOR

it is an attribute that most clearly distinguishes a form from its environment anf it affect the visual weight of a form

HUE

pure color

SATURATION

intensity/strength

TONAL VALUE

lightness and darkness

COLOR

have psychological effects upon people

COLOR

it reflects people’s attitude or their other views in life

PRIMARY COLORS

red, yellow, blue

PRIMARY COLORS

they cannot be made by mixing other colors together and it serve’s as a base of everything

SECONDARY COLORS

violet, green, orange

SECONDARY COLORS

mixing the primary colors together

SECONDARY COLORS

located btwn primary colors

TERTIARY COLORS

red orange, red violet, blue violet, blue green, yellow green, yellow orange

PARTS OF COLOR

Hues, Chroma, Value

HUE

denotes an object’s color

CHROMA

a degree by which a color differs from grey of the same lightness and brightness

CHROMA

the brightness of a color in comparison to white

SATURATION

purity of color

SATURATION

how a hie appears under particular lightning conditions

VALUE

lightness varying from black to white

VALUE

how light or dark a color is

TINT

pure color mixed with white

SHADE

when black is added to a hue

TONE

gray is added to a hue, duller or softer-looking than pure hues

COLOR PSYCHOLOGY

based on the mental and emotional effects color have on sighted people in all facets of life

WARM COLORS

1. red, yellow, orange

2. comfort to warmth to hostility and anger

YELLOW ORANGE

amber

RED ORANGE

vermillion

RED VIOLET

magenta

BLUE-GREEN

teal

YELLOW GREEN

charteus

COOL COLORS

1. green, blue,violet

2. often spark feeling of calmness as well as sadness

RED

1. shows energy, excitement, impulse

2. stores, fast-food outlets

YELLOW

1. positivity, confidence and security

2. banking agencies, offices, and companies

ORANGE

1. intensity, creativity, euphoria, and enthusiasm

2. offices, studios and schools

GREEN

1. calm, tranquility, serenity, and well-being

2. hospitals and relaxation centres

BLUE

1. positivity, confidence, and security

2. banking agencies, offices, and companies

VIOLET

well-being, calmness, and softness

WHITE

1. clean, crisp, bright, empty, sterile

2. halls and hospitals

BLACK

1. deep, abstract, dungeon-like, night, grief, death

2. houses

COLOR THEORY SCHEMES

1. Complementary

2. Analogous

3. Split Complementary

4. Triadic

5. Side Complementary

6. Double Complementary

7. Square Tetradic

8. Double Split Complementary

MONOCHROMATIC

variations in lightness and saturation of single color

ANALOGOUS

2-3 colors that are adjacent to each other

COMPLEMENTARY

two colors that are opposite to each other

SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY

a color and the two colors adjacent to its complementary

DOUBLE COMPLEMENTARY

4 colours adjacent to its complementary

TRIADIC

3 colors equally spaced

TETRADIC

combination of two analogous colors and their complementary colors

Square Tetradic

4 colors equally spaced

Polychromatic

a variety of colros

COLOR

is an integral element in architecture. It is not only important aesthetically, but it also has a psycho-sensory importance.