A material study / 051
Opal
Pink sandstone & a flash of color.
An underground home in Coober Pedy, South Australia: pink and cream banded sandstone, a skylight shaft, a sunken linen seating area and one wall of opal-colored glass.
01 / The palette
Six colors, one atmosphere.
Screen colors are authored interpretations. Material photographs show surface character; they are not calibrated color samples.
02 / Play with the composition
Let one thing shine.
Give the sandstone and linen almost the whole room, then let the opal blue appear in a single glass panel. Compare matte, satin and luminous finishes below.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
The finish and palette proportions respond to your settings. The room image is a fixed interpretation.
Surface finish: Luminous · Shadow depth: 8% · Skylight: 30%; Linen Sofa: 20%; Pink Sandstone: 20%; Opal: 10%; Ochre Sandstone: 10%; Clay Pot: 10%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
Color hidden in the stone.
Notes on desert light, carved rooms and the play of color.
The same palette. Different roles.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
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Sources & interpretation
A contemporary underground room inspired by Coober Pedy and precious opal. The room is newly authored, and the opal panel is illustrative glass mosaic rather than opal. Colors are authored from a styled arrangement.
The palette follows the authored material references in this collection. Room, object and material imagery were created for this study. These are imagined settings, with no affiliation to the fictional interface brands.
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