[Deco 101] The Elements of Design Vol.3- Colour and Value

Colour is an element that instantly appeal. Colour represent symbols, messages, emotions, regulations and beyond. Colour is everywhere in nature-red sun, blue skies, green mountains, purple violets.

And, there is Value, which is one of properties of colour and it refers the amount of the lightness or darkness of a colour. By unifying the value and colour as elements of interior design, it able to develop area looks wider and avoid undesired subtle finish. For example, in nature, we may find strong colour contrast like dark brown tree trunk in green forest, and little colour contrast like white polar bear on snow.

Colour and value, a unification of those two elements in interior decorating are as essential as lines and forms are. As every object and material has its own unique colour and value, they should be handled in a good way to fit into the unified whole.