Three Shades of White: Paper, Plaster, and Porcelain

A Korean space composed of three shades of white. The warmest is the creamy yellow-white of Hanji, with a distinct yellow tone and fibrous texture; the middle is the soft white of the plaster wall, matte with hand-troweled marks; the coolest and brightest is the milky white of white porcelain objects, with a smooth surface. The color temperatures of the three differ slightly but none are pure white. They form subtle layers within the same frame. Avoid: using a cool pure white to unify all surfaces, eliminating the differences between the three whites, adding grayish whites, using high-gloss white surfaces.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個由三種白構成的韓式空間。最暖的是韓紙的米黃白,帶明顯的黃調與纖維質地;中間是灰泥牆的柔白,霧面有手抹痕;最冷最亮的是白瓷器物的乳白,表面光滑。三者的色溫略有差異但都不是純白。它們在同一個畫面裡形成細膩的層次。避免:使用冷調的純白統一所有表面、讓三種白的差異消失、加入灰調的白、使用高光澤的白色表面。