Examination of the color selection process within digital design for the built environment

Color selection within built environment visualization involves the decisive arrangement and application of color for the principle interpretation and organization of structural and spatial information. Therefore, appropriate and accurate forms for selecting colors are necessary to ensure that a full communicative visualization can be generated for information processing. However, it appears that whilst tools and aids are available for active computerised color selection, this does not aid the visualization of built environment color information. Furthermore, the selection practices of architectural designers do not appear to be structured towards the goal of visualizing correct information, relying on an ad hoc criterion. We examine color selection methods for the visualization of built environment color information, the tools which are involved with modern color selection, and assess the selection criteria involved within architectural simulation practice.