Pronouncing the word "color", each one of us transforms it into an "image",
into one or more colors.
Today, I came across a very interesting presentation on the concept of colors
in Japanese culture, produced by the authors of the channel mono japan, titled
'Iro Vol. 1. The Japanese Philosophy of Color and Imperfection’. Watching it,
my mind immediately went to the comparison between the letters and numbers that
lead to a specific, precise RGB shade—instantly 'understood' by computers—and what
these creators say about transparency and memory.
I, too, remember the color that prevailed during my exploration of the abandoned, dusty
house on the upper floor; it was a life experience, an achievement. In other words, that
childhood achievement had a color. Everything can have one.
Furthermore, today, in several European countries, particularly in the South,
the facades of many newly constructed buildings are predominantly gray—or perhaps,
at best, 'greige', as Armani had suggested back in the 1970s, blending gray and
beige into a dynamic fusion. His words can be found on Forbes, in a piece by