This study proposes an inquiry about the diversity and properties of colors and textures of surfaces as they occur in nature, focusing on earth substratum at variable conditions and in association with bamboo as a material. It conforms to the current stage of the researches at LILD (Laboratório de Investigação em Living Design / Research Laboratory on Living Design) – which investigates the use of raw earth as a building material through non-industrial techniques –, so that the contrast between the standardization which characterizes the contemporary industrial proceedings, on the one hand, and the typical variety (as in the case of colors) found in nature, on the other hand, is the background for this study, which comprises one hundred photographic images of earth samples gathered in situ, that were processed, stored, identified, photographically reproduced and printed on paper using the highest standards. The resulting collection is intended for observation/contemplation as well as for comparison, and aims, among other objectives, to demonstrate the beauty and plastic potential of this simple, primitive, material used in building the human habitat ands its artifacts. The development of this study resorted to information design, in subjects associated with the conveyance of information, and it connects color perception concepts to the process of soil identification and classification, proper to the field of Pedology, in which color is an important datum, indicating the chemical composition and genesis of soil, Five panoramic approaches contribute to the contextualization and illustration of the subject.