1 INTRODUCTION TO COLOUR



Looking at this picture, what do we see? Do we notice the outline of the scene, or are we immediately conscious of the colours used. The fact is that we saw a beautiful painting in colour, and, and if it was not for the colour we used, we would hardly be aware of the beautiful scenery. This scenery is typical of what we experience in our everyday life, even when we look at an interior space.  Unfortunately, you have no complete control over your vision system, your eyes will always be attracted by colour, and that first encounter of a space will unconsciously determine whether YOU like the space or not.  We live in a coloured environment, but would it surprise you to learn that the environment itself, is colouless. Would it also surprise you to find that your eye is not what sees color? Colour vision, what we see, is a complex process. We are dealing with a chain of both "OUT THERE" events in the world around us, and "IN HERE" events in our eyes and brains, resulting eventually what we "see". But because every human being on earth is different, we don't all see exactly the same colour , or have the same experience from a specific colour. When we "see" a colour, we think we all see the same colour! But, it is not that simple an experience that is constant in everyone.

 
 

 

 

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