Ruin value. Ruin value (German: Ruinenwert) is the concept that a building be designed such that if it eventually collapsed, it would leave behind aesthetically pleasing ruins that would last far longer without any maintenance at all.
The idea was pioneered by German architect Albert Speer while planning for the 1936 Summer Olympics and published as "The Theory of Ruin Value" (Die Ruinenwerttheorie), although he was not its original inventor. The intention did not stretch only to the eventual collapse of the buildings, but rather assumed such buildings were inherently better designed and more imposing during their period of use. The idea was supported by Adolf Hitler, who planned for such ruins to be a symbol of the greatness of the Third Reich, just as Ancient Greek and Roman ruins were symbolic of those civilisations. Albert Speer and the theory of Ruin Value[edit] The Parthenon as an example of aesthetically pleasing ruins. Complementary color. Complementary colors in different color models[edit] The traditional color model[edit] On the traditional color wheel developed in the 18th century (see 1708 illustration by Boutet below), used by Claude Monet and Vincent van Gogh and other painters, and still used by many artists today, the primary colors were considered to be red, yellow, and blue, and the primary–secondary complementary pairs are red–green, orange–blue, and yellow–violet[2] (or yellow–purple in Boutet's color wheel).
In the traditional model, a complementary color pair is made up of a primary color and a secondary color (green, violet or orange). For example, yellow is a primary color, and painters can make violet by mixing of red and blue;[3] so when yellow and violet paint are mixed, all three primary colors are present. Fractale.