The Natural Color of Materials is Also Color

An early modernist space where the natural colors of materials are treated as part of the color scheme. The cool silver of chrome-plated steel tubes, the deep brown of leather, the pale blue-green of glass, the light yellow of plywood edges, the grayish-white of terrazzo; these are not applied colors, but the inherent colors of the materials themselves. They are juxtaposed with white walls and blocks of primary colors, forming the entire color system of the space. Avoid: painting materials a uniform color, using imitation materials to conceal true material colors, allowing the natural colors of materials to be covered by decoration, adding applied colors unrelated to the materials.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個把材料本色當成配色的早期現代主義空間。鍍鉻鋼管的冷銀、皮革的深棕、玻璃的淡青綠、合板斷面的淺黃、水磨石的灰白;這些不是塗上去的顏色,是材料本身的。它們與白牆和三原色的色塊並置,構成整個空間的色彩系統。避免:把材料塗裝成統一的顏色、使用仿材遮蓋真實的材料色、讓材料的本色被裝飾覆蓋、加入與材料無關的塗裝色。