38 Gradation
The technique that uses a gradual shift in scale, texture, or color to generate visual movement or create perspective.
Like rhythm in interior design, gradation can create visual movement with a progression of elements that shift gradually. Gradation stems from the Latin word gradus, meaning “step” and “degree.”
The three prominent uses of gradation in interior design are scale, color and texture
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Leonardo da Vinci’s Study of the Graduations of Shadows on Spheres (1492).
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