ARCHITECTURE AND COLOR
Research shows that colors have striking effects on human psychology. The first effect of colors on people is the effects of warmth and coldness. Colors close to yellow are perceived as warm tones, while colors close to blue are perceived as cold. In fact, colors create not only psychological but also physical effects. When we enter a dark place, we may become anxious, afraid, and our heart rate may increase. Likewise, if it is a white space, we can feel calmer as it will create a spacious and relaxing effect.
When we consider colors in architecture, we can talk about many different topics that make a design unique. One of them is undoubtedly colors for T-Cod. When we visualize the visual features in our minds during the planning phase of the project, we add a composition to the design when color comes into play. Colors mostly used in architecture are white, gray, beige, brown and blue. But just choosing a color for a design will not be enough. We can evaluate colors in 4 stages. These; tone, color behavior, atmosphere, color and psychology. The tone of the chosen color, whether it will be active, passive or neutral, the atmosphere it wants to make you feel in the space and the effect it will create on psychology are the details that should be emphasized. The effects of colors on human psychology may differ as a result of the place and context in which the colors are used. While warm colors are used to provide a warmer and more peaceful environment in an architectural or interior design, cold colors are preferred when creating an authoritative and sharp style. White is the most peaceful, neutral and calm color. Black represents formality. Red is important for emphasis. Green is the color with the most relaxing effect for the eyes. In addition, in architecture, every material is a color in its natural state. Creating a color theme in the natural state of the material also has a strong effect on creating a much more layered depth unlike solid colors. Since the recesses on the natural surface of the material reflect the light differently, it provides a sense of depth that solid colors cannot achieve. Therefore, it is possible to create a composition with harmony and contrast between materials such as wood, stone and concrete by treating them as colors.
We, as T-Cod, evaluate the use of colors in architecture in this context and ensure that the design has a unique appearance with the effect it creates.
