Texture

Include tactile and visual qualities of all aspects

Aspects of Texture

1. Surface Contour is the deviation from smooth

— The greater the deviation the more visually textured

— The more textured a surface the larger the object appears, as it is perceived as a tiny pattern

— Coarse texture enlarges more than a fine one and can hide seams

2. Surface Friction is the resistance to slipping/slide

Wet looking, scratchy, clammy, sticky, rough, unbreathing

3. Thermal Character or how surface feels to the touch

— Elicits physical reactions and evokes psychological perceptions

Rough surfaces not only look warm they evokes warmth Shiny polished surfaces not only look cool they evoke coolness

4. Hand refers to the tactile qualities of a manipulated three-dimensional substance

— Flexibility = supple - rigid

Ability to drape softly or retain a shape

— Compressibility = response to crumpling

Ability to bend and fold

— Extensibility = ability to stretch and conform

— Resilience = ability to spring back or resist wrinkling

— Density = weight per volume

Described as thick, thin, coarse, fine, porous

Ranges from fine - coarse

Structurally open to compact

Measured in thickness -- thin or bulky/thick

Texture interaction with light according to degree of smoothness

Refraction, absorption, reflection

Transparent = refraction

Translucent = refraction and reflection

Opaque = absorption