Courtyard colour scheme

After spending some more time on my courtyard area I began to realise it was all very similar colours and I wanted to introduce some colour. I had recently played a section of Dragon Age Inquisition that was in a slightly Moorish style.

Ian Miles Cheong. (2014). Dragon Age 3: Inquisition Screenshots Surface With New Details. Available: http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/23326/article/dragon-age-3-inquisition-screenshots-surface-with-new-details/. Last accessed 30/11/2014.

Looking at this area I drew inspiration to add some blues to the area so I began to experiment with different combinations.

Original

Added in blue

With blue and gold

I wanted to make the courtyard feel more like a royal palace so with inspiration from the Dragon Age scene added in some gold elements. I feel this works well at framing the edges and makes the scene a lot more visually interesting. I may tone the gold down so its not quite so shiny and to make it look weathered but I am happy with the colour scheme thus far.

UPDATE: 02/12/2014: I have added a roughnesss element to the gold so it still looks like metal but is not so blinding when the sunlight reflects off it. It still shines when the camera/player runs alongside it but it blends in nicer now and does not distract the eye from the rest of the scene.