Rainy
days would be a lot more cheerful with a pop of color. A group of
designers from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) decided
to fix that problem with a special type of paint.
Along
with Pantone, the team brightened the streets of Seoul with large,
colorful murals that only appear when it’s raining, or when the streets
are wet. The paint is hydrochromic: invisible on dry surfaces and
showing up when exposed to water.
“Seoul,
South Korea is a vibrant and colorful city. But during the annual
three-week monsoon season, Seoul’s energy and color disappear under the
dark cloud and people staying indoors,” the SAIC designers wrote.
The
vibrant paintings transform the streets into rivers. The designers said
they were inspired by the prominence of rivers in South Korean culture
and wanted to “fill the streets with color and life.”
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