Color brick and its role in design art

As it is easy to guess by the name, the color brick is a natural shade, which has a brick made of red-clay. Once it was believed that the brickwork needed to be ennobled with plaster and whitewash, but today's designers see a kind of aesthetics in such rough rustic surfaces and shades.

This color attracts not only those who work with the interior and exterior of premises, it is widely used by fashion designers, artists, website developers, photographers, cooks.

Features

International hexadecimal color code # 884535. The color of the brick is a bit like terracotta, but not so saturated. Other shades of similar shades: grayish-red, sienna, red-brown.

Warm brick color refers to a calm autumn scale. It creates a soothing atmosphere. It is used to create interiors and images in a variety of styles: from natural with its natural textures and natural shades to expressive Moroccan with hot summer colors and aromas of spices.

How to get a shade

Artists know that the brick color consists of several basic tones. You can prepare it yourself. To obtain a brick-colored paint, mix red, black, brown. In some cases, a few drops of yellow color are required to give the shade the necessary warmth. The dominant shade in obtaining a brick is red: it is required most.

The same applies to the painting of white paint using concentrated pigments. In the paint, first add red, carefully mixed with a mixer. Then a little black pigment is introduced. After each time, the paint should be well mixed and try to apply strokes to the surface. Please note that when drying, the color will be slightly lighter. In addition to black, you can use other shades: red-brown, umber brown, terracotta. Give preference to warm shades of pigment.

An important rule: paint the entire volume of paint immediately, which will have to be used. Otherwise, there will be a risk of not falling into color when re-tinted.

Combination with other shades

The color of brick is good in many color selections. With it, both warm and cold shades can adjoin. It perfectly harmonizes with the entire red-brown range: from a gentle peach to a deep carmine. This shade is combined with the colors of the blue-green range: turquoise, wormwood, cypress, sea -green . A good result can be obtained by mixing brick with cold shades of gray.

Brick in the interior

The simplest and charismatic way to get this shade is to use natural bricks. It is durable, easy to use, practical and very beautiful. It happens that in the old houses of the pre-war and pre-revolutionary buildings during the repair work, walls, arches, fireplaces of red brick are found. Often, the owners of this treasure try to keep it. In this case, the brickwork is cleaned of plaster, covered with a layer of protective impregnation that does not change its natural noble color. Support the effect can be by using the interior elements of natural wood, beautiful textures, forged items, furniture and textiles in the appropriate classic style with a touch of retro.

Color brick in clothes

Clothing designers prefer to use this color to create autumn collections. Best clothes in this range are suitable for "woman-winter" and "autumn." Summer and spring color types may look bleak against this rather expressive shade.

Especially spectacular in this color are warm cozy things: sweaters, snacks, scarves, knitted coats.

In the jewelry art this shade is also quite common. Some rocks of agate, jasper, bovine eye and aventurine are painted brick red. These stones are combined with silver, brass, copper.