Before doing this workshop, I never realised how important colour is to architecture. The commonly revered architectural styles are classical, such as the Greco Roman style where white is predominant as the colour of choice inside and out. Where whatever colour there is will be in the interior and is added by the furnishings as opposed to part of the design archtecturally. Of course, at the time paint hasn't been invented and dyed clothing was a symbol of wealth so coloured architecture wasn't all that possible. Though if you study Chinese architecture buildings no matter how old are usually painted in white(painted as oppose to natural white), red, green and yellow. And for the imperial family, purple and gold. However, the colour scheme is less architectural and more cultural, so in all honesty, it can't be labelled a conscious architectural decision. So until the 20th century colour hasn't been a big part of architecture.
Now, with the advent of colour theory, colour has become a larger part of commercial architecture. With red becoming the predominant colour of choice for any fast food place or broken hues and dark blues for banks to denote respectability.
I'd have to do a collage version of the above some time in the next week. Thing is, I'm not too great with well, creating things.
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