Colour Identity in Architecture: The Change in Architecture Identity due to Availability and Making of Colour

Abstract

Colour and Identity are elements which are build through vision. Colour is a important phenomena of the natural environmental and manmade architectural set up around us. These qualities of colour are used in architecture which forms a language that becomes an identity. Identity differentiates the urban surroundings of two different groups, community or culture. Architecture is a part of the identity of each community which carries message, concept and Characteristics which depends on the geography, traditions, manners, insights, knowledge and history. Colour identity in architecture is experienced through visual perception. It is used in architecture for identification, Classification or distinguishing between places in the visual environment. The colour identity can differ with scale and development through time. Colour Identity earlier and the colour used earlier are different than colour used now. So the paper focuses on the changes in colour and identity and the reason behind the change by analyzing places through concepts of colour theory.