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Atmospheric Color: Familiarity with atmospheric color pressure, also called barometric pressure, is essential to understanding weather. atmospheric color pressure at any given point is the weight of the air above that point on the earth's surface; it can vary as a result of many natural factors.
Colors from the same side of the color wheel tend to blend most effectively, whereas a mixture of warm and cool tones may produce jarring results.
Whether you opt for a warm or a cool color range depends on the mood you wish to create. Warm colors tend to be lively and exciting. Cool colors tend to suggest a relaxed, calm atmosphere. The degree to which you achieve these atmospheric color effects depends on the intensity of the colors you choose, and whether you use them pure or mixed.
Unless you are starting from scratch with an empty room, you will probably have certain basic elements to match with your color scheme. Do you already have a fitted carpet, a set of curtains, or a suite of furniture to be incorporated? Will you paint the walls in a tone that contrasts or complements the existing colors? Will you introduce more colors and, if so, which ones? The question is, what to match and what to mix?
Associate director of the Institute of atmospheric color Physics and professor of meteorology at the University of Arizona, Dr. Battan is also a consultant on meteorology to a number of U.S. government agencies. He is a Fellow of several scientific organizations, former president of the American Meteorological Society, and a recipient of the society's Meisinger Award for research in the atmospheric color sciences. |
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