Temple Red and Gold: Two Colors Dominating a Space

An interior color study dominated by red and gold. The space itself is neutral: white walls, cement floor, dark wood furniture. Red appears in two places—a vermilion armchair and a red textile tapestry, a matte, heavy red, not a bright plastic red. Gold appears in three places, all small metallic accents—the brass frame of a coffee table, the copper support of a lamp, a small copper object. The metal is oxidized dark gold, not mirror-bright gold. The total area of the two colors does not exceed 20% of the picture, with the rest being neutral colors. Because the proportion is strictly controlled, the red and gold appear solemn and not vulgar. Avoid: letting red and gold occupy most of the picture, using mirror-polished bright gold, adding dragon and phoenix or religious totems, using high-saturation fluorescent red.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以紅與金兩色主導的室內色彩研究。空間本身是中性的:白牆、水泥地、深木家具。紅出現在兩處——一張硃紅的單椅與一塊紅色的織品掛毯,是啞光的、厚重的紅,不是鮮豔的塑膠紅。金出現在三處,而且都是小面積的金屬件——茶几的黃銅邊框、燈具的銅色支架、一只小銅器,金屬是氧化過的暗金而非鏡面亮金。兩色的總面積不超過畫面的兩成,其餘全部是中性色。因為比例被嚴格控制,紅金顯得莊重而不俗豔。避免:讓紅金佔滿大部分畫面、使用鏡面拋光的亮金、加入龍鳳與宗教圖騰、使用高彩度的螢光紅。