Color Perception

The perception of the chromatic space

Everyone has someday played with the optical illusions caused by shapes and colors. Such illusions also occur, although in a more subtle way, on internal environments, making distances relative and flexible according to the color selection and positioning.

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Here are some tips for the application of colors on the environments:

• For roofs, it is better to use light shades, for they provide a god reflection of light.
• In environments with a long distance between the floor and the ceiling, the roofs may be painted in dark colors to look lower and cozier.
• Dark environments look heavier
• Light environments provide a greater feeling of lightness.
• Warm colors expand themselves, so they are more suitable for details.
• Saturated colors make the environment seem smaller, so they are not recommended for small spaces. They are more suitable for highlighting an object in a more neutral environment.
• Many shades of the same color applied on an environment will work simultaneously.

(Text based on article "O conceito de harmonização cromática aplicado em ambientes internos" by Patrícia Silveira Neves, Alice T. Cybis Pereira and Berenice Gonçalves M.)