The colour of the city…

by Brad Grier on January 28, 2008

in Doing

Every city has its own col­our scheme, influ­enced by the local flora, fauna, ter­rain and dom­in­ant architecture.

The Wal­rus delves into Cana­dian city col­our with this inter­est­ing col­lec­tion of palettes derived from pro­vin­cial cap­it­als and the fed­eral capital.

For each city, I had to centre on what makes it unique, such as prom­in­ent land­marks or dis­tinct­ive fea­tures of its built envir­on­ment. As a res­ult, regional dif­fer­ences emerge: the North tends to be very bright, the Mari­times aquatic, Ott­awa pale.

Kate Trgo­vac has a great per­spect­ive on Todd Falkowsky’s print art­icle, but I’m just impressed that someone has taken the time to col­our the cities!

 

Link (Thanks Kate!)

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1 Kate Trgovac January 28, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Thanks for the shout-out, Brad! It’s a pretty cool piece by Todd, isn’t it? The Edmonton colour palette is quite nice. :) And I do really like the idea of colour representing the essence of something.

2 Brad Grier January 28, 2008 at 3:15 pm

Hey Kate, thank YOU for finding that piece in the first place. I’m thinking the Edmonton palette is good…though today, something with a crisp blue & white, and a pristine sun-yellow would reflect the -30 I woke up to this morning.

Colour, like scent and taste, can evoke memories, moods and feelings, it’s great to see the differences and similarities!

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