Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris became one of the most influential architects of the 20th century under the pen name Le Corbusier. Unlike many of his contemporaries, for him the colouring of a building was a similarly strong design tool as its ground plan and section. In 1931, he therefore developed his first own, architecture-related color palette. It consisted of 43 colors in twelve moods, which bore such imaginative names as "Space", "Sky", "Velvet", and "Sand". In 1959, he supplemented this first palette with 20 additional deep, highly dynamic hues such as luminous hues, earthy, powerful color values, and rich blacks.
Le Corbusier's choice of colors, which he himself called "Polychromie architecturale", was subjective. Perhaps for this very reason, it is characterized by a unique aesthetic that has lost nothing of its beauty, power and topicality even after decades.
All the shades of the colour keyboard he developed can be harmoniously combined with each other. To this day, the "Polychromie Architecturale" is both a practical tool for architectural design and a work of art.
Le Corbusier's 63 masterful shades are now available - transformed into color formulations of unique quality - under the brand poLyChro®, Les Couleurs® Le Corbusier. Thanks to their special formulation, they offer a perfect symbiosis of velvety matt surface and fascinating depth of colour: poLyChro® colours are full of life, enormously intense and yet restrainedly elegant.
They are manufactured exclusively by the long-established German paint manufacturer Keim. The company is one of the world market leaders in the field of silicate technology. It stands for the highest standards of quality and sustainability.
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