For this project we had to make a study on color but we were free to explore our options.
I decided to focus on a few different topics, first I got inspired by the soft color palette of Sofia Coppolas “Marie Antoinette” and that sweet, soft and decadent mood you get throughout almost all the film. I wanted to see if the mood could be translated into a room by focusing on pastel colours. While creating the space, I had no intention to create a realistic room, rather an open space with walls that do not actually separate the space completely. While painting and trying out I decided to go a step further and create an illusion of a room by color zoning, meaning using a wall with a specific color and painting that through to the floor and walls. As an additional study I tried to see how the reflection of a coloured surface turned towards another white surface would change the color of the room, especially if that coloured wall was not seen from the frontal-view. I used fluorescent yellow and red, but the effect was not as intense as I had hoped for, because the space had no roof, therefore it was more difficult to manipulate a single light source. Nevertheless you can have a little bit of a sense of colore-reflection and what it could do to a room without having to color every wall.
Lastly for my third option I opted for a very intense monochrome space trying to create an illusion of no walls, no real perception of depth and an uncomfortable feeling. By using red, very much inspired by “The shining”, I believe I achieved a room with a very exaggerated and almost terrifying energy.
Here you can see how strong light influenced the perception of the colors
I also tried changing the position of the walls.