Color consultant on the right tone

Colors create moods. Only white is meaningless.
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In an interview, color consultant Juliana von Gatterburg talks about the tendency of Germans to go colourless, why delicate nuances make the difference and how we find the right shade.

The Germans and the color – if you had to characterize us, what color are we actually?

Birgit Ochs

Responsible editor for “Housing” of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sunday newspaper.

Hm, if I ask the craftsmen, then white or a shaded white is still the color that we use most often – especially in private. And has been for decades.

Maybe because white is the easiest solution? It takes a certain courage to color walls.

On the contrary. I now think it’s pretty darn brave to live in a white house or have people work in a white office.