Le Corbusier and the daughter of light: Color and architecture of the 1920s

Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, developed a method of choosing color for architecture based upon his search for perceptual constants of human perception and generated through his subjective experience as a painter. His gamut of color was published in the form of wallpapers introduced as a consumer product in 1931 and expanded in 1959. This research explores the rationale behind his 1931 palette of colors and their harmonious relationships according to Munsell Color Notation within the architecture of two of his houses, Maison La Roche and Villa Savoye.