Rough Textures Are Key: Smooth Surfaces Look Cheap in Dark Colors

A set of dark but richly textured surfaces. The wall is made of hand-troweled dark mineral plaster, with subtle particles and trowel marks on the surface; the wood joinery is dark solid wood, with clear straight grains that can be felt; the textiles are coarse-woven dark grey wool and short pile, with the pile showing directional changes under light; the stone is honed dark grey, revealing mineral particles. All five are dark, with similar lightness, but completely different textures, thus presenting different expressions under the same grazing light. In one corner of the image, a version with all smooth surfaces is shown for comparison: the same dark color but with all surfaces smooth, making the overall impression flat, uninteresting, and plastic-like. Avoid: making the two versions similar, using smooth surfaces in the correct version, reducing the variety of textures, using uniform frontal lighting to eliminate texture.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組深色但質地豐富的表面。牆是手工批塗的深色礦物塗料,表面有細微的顆粒與抹痕;木作是深色的實木,直紋清楚可以摸出高低;織品是粗織的深灰羊毛與短絨,絨毛在光下有方向性;石材是珩磨的深灰,可以看見礦物的顆粒。五種都是深色、明度接近,但質地完全不同,因此在同一道掠射光下各自呈現不同的表情。畫面一角以全部平滑的版本作對照:同樣的深色但表面都是光滑的,整體扁平無趣像塑膠。避免:讓兩者相似、在正確版本使用平滑的表面、減少質地的種類、使用正面均勻打光消除質地。