Color Coordination
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Has anyone every published color combinations that work well when rendering architectural structures and interiors? I have many books on colors, but they always look different on the screen.
Thanks,
Brian
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This is a good question, but actually quite complex.
There is what is called the Color Rendering Index. Which is a rating index that represents how well a color renders under the type of lighting that is illuminating it.
But there is also color theory.
And then there is the way computers simulate color.
There lots of info out there on both, but, I'm wondering if your question is more directed at color combinations that would fall more under "Color Trends", or if you are interested in how color and color theory can be used to enhance renderings? -
Thanks, just curious, is there any way to keep the walls from shading in darker colors, constant in color like the floor?
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Just to be sure I'm understanding correctly, could you post an example?
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I think you mean the shading in SU? Try the shadows window. Open the lower pane of the window and set "use sun for shading" then adjust the light and dark sliders. Perhaps you can get the result you want for a particular scene. With SU you need to adjust each scene if you are trying to represent a color. But it's only a crude approximation. You need a quality rendering to really show your colors.
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If you look at the meeting room on the left you can see how the walls are different colors next to the dance floor/stage.
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Thank you. I am trying to make my mind up on which rendering program is the easiest to use. Any recomendations?
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That makes a huge difference. Thank you! Now time to start learning a real rendering program.
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Here is what I was looking for in picking harmonious colors.
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There are a couple great sites out there and people share their colors. you can download palettes (at least for Apple)http://www.lithoglyph.com/mondrianum/
Lots to choose from. In the end, what is appropriate for design? Good question. Some people make a career of it...
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Here is a link I discovered that gets down into the details of colors, plus it basically has cross references to all brands and all color names:
Hex Color Codes, Paint Matching and Color Picker
Hex color codes, HTML colors, paint matching, directory and color space conversions.
(encycolorpedia.com)
The front page is fairly sparse, so you have to type in a search term, or you have to click on the hyperlinks under the search bar.
I found this because I had an existing paint in my home that I wanted to match and I was looking for RGB values (I find the sampling technique a little fussy). So I just make a new material in SU and type in the RGB values. Volia!
This site breaks down your chosen color into 22 "colorspaces" (e.g., RGB, RGBA, RYB, Hex, HSV, and an host of alphabet soup which I don't understand), shows "color wheel" compliments, analogous, split, triad, square, etc..., hues and saturation variants, related colors, color variants, and a complete mapping to all colors to paint schemes from all paint manufactures (I can't count them all) to include home (Behr, Glidden, Sherwin-Williams), designer (Martha Stewart, Ralph Lauren) Automotive (DuPont), Models (Testors, Revell), and even Crayola!
I think if you want a great resource for the real details of color this is it! Plus -- the place isn't plastered with advertising and doesn't ask for registration or a fee. I think I saw one advertising banner inconspicuously placeed somewhere on top.
Let me know what you think!
Frank
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