ABSTRACT
The subject of architectural colour in the modern landscape is essentially concerned with the visual quality of architecture, whether the environment is natural, urban, or industrial. When a sample is impossible to obtain, colours are annotated with the help of paint and coating manufacturers’ colour fans, by making a hand-painted colour match on the spot, or using various colour notation systems, such as Natural Color System (NCS), Pantone Professional Color Selector or RAL Design System. The chromatic information thus obtained from a site is then assembled in the studio for a long and meticulous process of synthesis. All the collected samples are examined and translated into painted gouache colour plates which faithfully reproduce the original colour. Colour in modern architecture can, therefore, be conceived in new terms: the simultaneous construction of large-scale complexes which, as out of context with nature, create new urban landscapes.
