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Katrin Trautwein's Blog About Color and Color Advice
Monthly reports by color researcher Katrin Trautwein about current trends in color design, color perception, paint making, pigments and spatial perception. The blogs address ecological aspects of paint production, how to transform architectural space with color, and objective connections between light, color, and emotion.
Sustainable Color
A new series of essays by Dr. Katrin
Trautwein explores eco-friendly colors
beyond greenwashing, highlighting the
practices, current trends, and challenges
related to color selection for informed
architects and designers.
Sustainable Color
Le Corbusier's Color Palette
A carefully curated color palette
based on natural pigments
accentuated the spatial effects of Le
Corbusier’s architecture. This article
presents the palette and the color
design principles underpinning its
selection.
Le Corbusier's Color Palette
Color in Eileen Gray's E.1027
Eileen Gray's iconic E.1027 is a
spellbinding example of human-
centric modern architecture. Every
element and every color in the villa
were designed by Gray, who
infused her designs with warmth
and tactility.
Eileen Gray E.1027
Natural Pigments
Prized for their rich, organic hues, colors made from natural pigments are making a
comeback in high-end architectural design. They create serene and luminous spaces of unmatched
depth and authenticity.
Natural Pigments
Sixteen New Essential Colors
This blog introduces you to
16 new, essential colors.
Made from our stock of
natural clays and precious
pigments, each of these
additions to the palette
fulfills a particular spatial function with grace and
beauty.
16 new colors
Color Advice for Professionals
Work hand-in-hand with our experienced color experts to highlight the beauty of your spaces. We introduce a three-step process to design insightful color concepts based on natural paints for your projects .
Color Advice
About Ultramarine Blue
Ultramarine blue - an iconic color if ever there was one. Since ancient times, it has been the most precious pigment. Architects throughout the ages have relied on its spatial magic. A blog about ultramarine.
Ultramarine
Black Paint Ideas Revisited
Who's afraid of the color black? If you tell colleagues that you are thinking about painting a wall in a conference room black, you will be told not to do it, because it will be dark and gloomy. Is that true?
Black Paint Ideas
Color Advice: Which White?
White is the best selling paint color for residential and commercial spaces. But there are reported to be 150 shades of white! How they differ, why it matters, and how to find the best one for your spaces.
About White
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