Use Only One Type of Metal: All Copper or All Chrome

A space demonstrating the principle of metal uniformity. All metal components in the image—lamp stands, furniture legs, handles, hardware, mirror frames, decorative objects—are entirely of the same type of brass, and all have the same surface treatment: matte dark gold, with slight variations in shade due to oxidation. Because of this complete uniformity, these metal pieces, scattered throughout the space, visually connect to form a cohesive group, creating a continuous rhythm, and the space appears orderly. In one corner of the image, a wrong version is contrasted: the same space mixes four types of metal—brass, chrome, black iron, and rose gold—each piece vying for attention, making the overall impression cluttered and cheap. The other materials and arrangement are the same in both versions. Avoid: making the two versions look similar, mixing a second type of metal in the correct version, using brightness differences instead of metal color differences, changing the furniture arrangement.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個示範金屬統一原則的空間。畫面中所有的金屬件——燈具的支架、家具的腳、把手、五金、鏡框、擺件——全部是同一種黃銅,而且是同一種表面處理:霧面的暗金,略帶氧化的深淺。因為完全統一,這些散佈在空間各處的金屬件在視覺上串成一組,形成連續的節奏,空間顯得有秩序。畫面的一角以錯誤版本對照:同一個空間混用了黃銅、鉻、黑鐵與玫瑰金四種金屬,每一件都在爭取注意,整體顯得雜亂而廉價。其餘的材料與配置兩者相同。避免:讓兩個版本看起來相似、在正確版本混入第二種金屬、用亮度差異取代金屬色差異、改變家具配置。