Colour Consultancy for Planning Authorities

a strategy for colour in the built environment

Aims:

Relate colour use to existing geographical and geological regions

Understand the historical use of colour in the region - location

Use colour "fingerprinting" techniques to assemble a "colour palette"

Relate fingerprinting to building typology and urban form

Develop public awareness of the colour palette - brochures, publicity etc

Relate colour palette to urban forms eg street furniture, materials etc

Colour in rural situations - understand massing implications