The white color is often defined as an absence of color and has always been synonymous with class and elegance. Associated to values such as purity and incorruptibility In all its nuances, it has always been representative of absolute and essential elegance. Like black, it is never out of place, although designing interiors using it as a dominant color can be often risky. This tone, in fact, represents in our imaginary both purity and asepsis and coldness. It is enough to remember some scenes of the movie 2001 Space Odyssey in which Stanley Kubrick uses it to enhance a diffuse and strong light, thus creating a suspended atmosphere and outside this world.
Like all colors, white has a thousand names as it is dirty with other tones, but in any case its perception is strongly dominated by the lighting used. «Architecture,» said not by chance Le Corbusier, «it is a magnificent and correct game of shapes in light», and that is why Absolute white can be dazzling (Just think of the light reflected in the snow, difficult to look directly without hurting your eyes), and stressful at the neurological level (due to the operating room effect), and therefore exposing yourself both to this color is not always the best for the human being. Often, the choice of not using colors obeys the fear of not being wrong, which also runs the risk of creating «monotonous» environments. Better, therefore, mitigate white and play with carpets, pictures, accessories, or even a darker wall.
In addition, the white color combines perfect with all kinds of wood, which is characteristic of the Scandinavian style; However, when combined with steel changes face and runs the risk of becoming aseptic and cold. Also It is difficult to combine it with any other tone of white. Despite having moved away from the world of design for some years, today he returns to represent the purity of forms.