Color Patterns of Architectural Elements on Bam Rung Muang Road, Bangkok

Abstract

The perception of color patterns in architectural elements and the relationship between color and buildings are parts of a unique perception in the protected area, in particular, Bam Rung Muang Road, Bangkok. In order to provide a guidance regarding to the color pattern preservation which is related to district identity, this study aimed to investigate the color patterns of architectural elements on Bam Rung Muang Road, Bangkok and study the relationship among such color patterns based on harmony color theory by using the digital image processing and RGB color synthesis. The results illustrated that there was a variety of colors among architectural elements. The greatest proportion of color pattern of roof, façades, doors and windows was white color (240,240,240), white colors (229,228,226), black color (28,29,31) and black color (36,33,36), accounting for 31.59%, 49.16%, 30.02%, and 33.21%, respectively. In addition, the most common perception of color resulted from the façade elements (65%), followed by roof elements (20%), door elements (10%), and window elements (5%). Such architectural color patterns were then used to create the color relationship. In terms of color harmony, the overall color patterns of the district can be simply classified as complementary scheme, while the most common color patterns of architectural elements are complementary (31 buildings), analogous (25 buildings), and monochromatic schemes (23 buildings), respectively. In conclusion, the color patterns of architectural elements in building scale are classified as complementary scheme which is in line with the color patterns in district scale. Such scheme is an important characteristic demonstrating area’s identity in which the preservation of the scheme is needed.