Color Theory Michael Peisel
Table of Contents
Theory + Color Designers + Color Perception + Color Balance + Color Healthcare + Color Rhythm + Color Retail + Color Scale + Color Your Camera + Color Hospitality + Color Workplace + Color Culture + Color
Theory + Color WHERE are you from? Born in New York, Moved to Central Florida, Study in Miami. WHAT is your cultural background? My mom is Italian American and my dad is Irish German. WHO is your family … composition? My immediate Family consists of me, my mom, my dad, and my younger brother Jason. However, I consider my APX Brothers as my Family away from Home. WHAT are your circumstances? I am a Full Time Student at FIU, and I work Part Time at O’Brien Lighting, a lighting design consultant in Coral Gables. WHAT Languages do you speak? I speak English fluently, I can read and understand basic Spanish and Italian. WHERE have you lived? I have lived in The Bronx, NY; Deltona, FL; Miami, FL; and Genova, Italy. WHEN did you become focused on design? Freshman Year of High School I took drafting as an elective and was fascinated by 3D modeling. WHAT factors have affected your path? I can’t say it’s been a smooth path thus far, but I’ve made it.
My favorite color is red, which I like to use as an accent with a grayscale
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Designers + Color IIT campus was designed by Mies Van Der Rohe in 1940. Since then, the campus became barren and lacked a center of attention. An attraction point for the students. OMA designed the McCormick Tribune Student Center with many paths from across the campus converging at this building, out of which Koolhaas created public spaces inside. His use of the colors Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, and Blue promote conflicting but necessary emotions. The warm colors found on the exterior and bathroom walls invoke a warm and inviting feeling that warms the space in the winter. The cooler blue shades come from the other glass facades. These tints contrast the warm tones well to provide a more calm space
Perception + Color Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is about a boy who, in order to start dating the girl of his dreams, he must first defeat all of her 7 Evil Exes. Each ex corresponds with a color which reflects Scott Pilgrim’s emotions throughout the movie.
1. Matthew Patel: Mysterious
2. Lucas Lee: Depression
3. Todd Ingram: Jealousy
4. Roxy Richter: Confusion
5 & 6. Kyle and Ken: Madness
7. Gideon Graves: Passion
Balance + Color “Balance is the striving to achieve the point of equalibrium between two or more forces. Balance is a means whereby harmony, peace, and connection can be made between the observer and that which is observed.� -Color Design: Transforming Interior Spaces
Healthcare + Color
Research has concluded that no one particular color is perfect for healthcare design, but rather a nice ballance between cool colors to make you feel calm and at ease, and warm colors to make you comfortable in a sterile environment. Goals of designing a healing environment: 1. Strive to heal the patient 2. Support the Staff 3. Engage the Family
Rhythm + Color Rhythm and Color can be used to create five types of visual effects: repetition, alternation, progression, continuation, and radiation. If an interior space is lacking visual movement, you can support the space by using multiple color shifts in hue, value, or intensity to create a desired rhythmic order. The purpose of rhythm is to provide an opportunity to move the viewer through the space, creating moments for emphasizing or downplaying various design elements.
Retail + Color
The Tom Ford Flagship Store in the Design District utilizes contrasting values to highlight it’s merchandise. It highlights the merch with bright white displays and contrasts the rest of the walls with dark polished wood panels. These shiny surfaces and bright white walls light up the room to display not only the merchandise, but the customers looking to purchase nice, expensive suites.
Scale + Color Scale and Proportion can enhance and alter the visual perception of our environment. Scale refers to our relationship of the human body to objects whereas proportion refers to the size and arrangement of objects with each other in an interior space.
Your Camera + Color
Hospitality + Color The Fontainbleau Hotel on Miami Beach is known as the most luxurious hotel in Miami. The lobby is no exception when it comes to opulent design. The use of pattern, line, and shape help showcase the lobby and it’s glamorous materials. The lobby utilizes shades of blue, gold, black, and white.