That colours clash is well known, so when these mistakes are still made in design it becomes an insult to the intelligence. I have often read opinions by so called experts that colours used in a design should be minimalised, yet this is avoiding the issue which is one of control. The colours that are used should be carefully chosen so that they underline the design message you are getting across for your interior.

If you want colour to shout and be violent then this is a design decision you make. It should not be that colour shouts when it is not required. Users should be engaged by your ideas or your images, supported by colour. In a bedroom for example, colour should be restful and harmonious, not violent. Colour and its behaviour under different lighting conditions should be carefully considered.

Colour emphasises and clarifies and can establish a hierarchy of meaning. If it clashes it will render the experience painful and may make it impossible for some of your audience to rest easily within the space you have created. It may create an inappropriate emotional response.

Too much colour can be as bad as too much advertising, or too much furniture.




Patrick Goff

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