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Importance of Chromatic Energy

a. Color - Colors and their perceptions are responsible for a series of conscious and subconscious stimuli in our
psycho-spatial relationship.
- Color is a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical
objects.
- It is the aspect of appearance of objects and light sources that may be described in terms of hue, brightness,
and saturation for light source.
- In Architecture, an architect must always consider his client’s preferred color of the structure because it
will affect his/her mood.
- Architects must also know how to combine colors in order to give life to the structure.
- The application of colors on surfaces also influences the user's experience of the space.
- Color is often associated with a person’s emotions. It may also influence a person’s mental or physical
state.
- Colors reflect people’s attitude or their other views in life.
- Color is often associated with a person’s emotions.
- Color may also influence a person’s mental or physical state.
b. Light - something that makes vision possible
- Light gives life, and beauty to Architectural Designs.
- Colors do not exist without the presence of light.
- “Color has no material existence: it is only the sensation produced by certain nervous organizations under
the action of light, with more precision, the action provoked by the action of the light on the organ of
vision." – Israel Pedrosa,
- "A colorful sensation is produced by the nuances of light refracted or reflected by a material, commonly
the word color is designated to those shades that function as stimuli in a chromatic sensation.“ - Israel
Pedrosa
- The architect must consider the color effect of every element of a building’s construction, from the earthy
colors of primary construction materials like wood, stone, brick, and marble, to the expansive variety of
colors available for paint, doors, windows, siding, and trim.
c. Texture - the perceived surface quality of a work of art.
- an element of two-dimensional and three-dimensional design and is distinguished by its perceived visual
and physical properties.
- Use of texture, along with other elements of design, can convey a variety of messages and emotions.
- May be actual or implied.
- Fine textures and smooth, shiny surfaces give the appearance of formality or elegance
- Coarse textures and rough, dull surfaces are more informal and casual.
- The texture describes the surface properties of the object. Textures are combinations of pigments (color or
pattern of colors inherent in the material), normals (patterns of bumps), dents, waves, and finishes.
- Texture makes possible to create senses, articulating a pattern, shaping an interior space or simply
expressing the true quality of materials. It can mark areas to differentiate spaces, create an interaction with
people, alter a space’s sound, emphasize certain elements by it variation or depth and improve a patterns
and rhythms. Finally, is interesting the idea that texture could be use to invent more complex architectural
languages.
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