“Bathing in the Colour”: from the Ra Therapy to Contemporary Colour and Light Environment

(Polychromy as an eternal paradigm of the livable environment)

Authors

  • Olga Zheleznyak INRTU; International Academy of Nature and Society Sciences

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https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.60.1480

Keywords:

livability of the environment; Ra-therapy / chromotherapy; expansion of the colour; biological colour behavior; ambivalence of chromaticity; “colour hunger”; colour images; polychromic renovation of the urban environment; videoecology; colour and light environment of the interiors; current colour trends; colourful light

Abstract

Studying the prospects of the colour phenomenon for the formation of the livable environment necessitates consideration of the integrity of the space of colour effect, including the biological colour behavior; intended Ra-therapy / chromotherapy; permanent polychromy of the environment constantly influencing the human organism; involvement of chromaticity in the ideas of livability of the environment and a healthy lifestyle; as well as the necessity of permanent monitoring in the constantly changing conditions of the reality.

How to Cite

Zheleznyak, O. (2019). “Bathing in the Colour”: from the Ra Therapy to Contemporary Colour and Light Environment: (Polychromy as an eternal paradigm of the livable environment). Project Baikal, 16(60), 96–105. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.60.1480

Published

2019-06-16

Issue

No. 60 (2019): in good health

Section

Articles

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