House of Tan Teng Niah

 As shown from yesterday's post, the House of Tan Teng Niah in Little India is an interesting one. This is the last remaining Chinese Villas in the area. 

The exterior is painted in a riot of colors, and quite a spectacle. So today's post is in colour. The outside again, now with Fujifilm's Velvia film simulation, done in ACR. GFX 50S with GF 50mm F3.5. 

The exterior is painted in a rainbow riot of vivid colors, with every element—each individual slat, molding, panel, and pilaster—in a different hue than its neighbor. An array of sky blue, avocado green, traffic-cone orange, highlighter yellow, and nail-polish pink shades adorns the house. Further embellishments beyond the psychedelic color-palette include gilded Chinese calligraphy, intricate floral lunettes, and a bamboo-tiled roof.

Detail of the windows of the upper floor. I only had the 50mm lens (full frame equivalent of about 40mm) with me. The image below is cropped and adjusted for perspective. Will be interesting to return in the evening, the lights on the columns look like they are coloured too!

The house is privately owned, and I understand is occupied by some businesses. So I could not get access to photograph the interior. Would be really interesting. But one of the doors was open, and I took a sneak photo, shown in BW. A beautiful stair case with ornate carvings, and beautiful curves.