Black and white contrast is later paint

Comparison of two half-timbered facades. One features timber that retains its original silver-grey weathered oak, creating a soft contrast with the off-white plaster. The other, from after the 19th century, has the timber painted black and the infill rendered pure white, creating a strong contrast. Both styles exist, but with different historical periods. Avoid: depicting all half-timbered structures with high-contrast black and white, showing unpainted oak as dark brown, neglecting the silver-grey texture of weathered wood, mixing both treatments on the same building.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

兩種半木立面的對照。一種是木料維持原本的銀灰色風化橡木,與米白的抹灰形成柔和的對比;另一種是十九世紀之後才把木料漆成黑色、填充刷成純白的強烈對比。兩種都存在,但年代感不同。避免:把所有半木都畫成高對比的黑白、讓未上漆的橡木呈現深咖啡色、忽略風化後的銀灰質感、在同一棟上混用兩種處理。