One unique and striking characteristic of a Waldorf school is the luminosity of the walls of the classrooms. Each classroom is painted in a different color, and the walls seem to radiate this color filling the space of the room.

This effect is achieved by a technique of color application called "lazuring." Lazuring, based on indications by Rudolf Steiner, was developed in the early part of the twentieth century by artists connected to Waldorf education and Anthroposophy. Lasur in German means something like "glazing."

Excerpted from Lazure: Walls of Living Color

Article by Amy Marquis