A material study / 048
Jade
Pale celadon, spinach green & ink.
A bathroom and a scholar’s study in the colors of carved jade: glossy green tile, pale stone, celadon plaster and the black of an ink stick.
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
Quiet green, held in the hand.
Use pale jade and celadon for walls and tile, keep spinach green to one dark object, and let ink black outline the room. Compare a soft satin finish with a matte or luminous one below.
Palette proportions / Total 100%
Starting points
The finish and palette proportions respond to your settings. The room views are fixed interpretations.
Bathroom · Surface finish: Satin · Shadow depth: 15% · Pale Jade: 25%; Mutton-Fat Jade: 20%; Celadon: 20%; Green Silk: 15%; Spinach Jade: 10%; Ink Stick: 10%
03 / Translate
From a room to an interface.
The interface
Objects, rooms & materials
Quiet green, held in the hand.
Notes on carved stone, celadon glaze and a well-ordered desk.
The same palette. Different roles.
Materials
The ingredients.
An imagined setting.
A contemporary interpretation,
with references kept beside the study.
From the board
Save the study.
The pins that lead to this page, ready to save to your own boards.
Take away
Take the study with you.
Sources & interpretation
A contemporary room and specimen arrangement inspired by nephrite jade and the jade-carving traditions associated with Suzhou. Colors are authored from styled arrangements. The objects are illustrative and do not reproduce particular historical carvings.
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.
The controls explore screen composition, not physical pigment recipes or material measurements. Image rights · Image permissions