Color Theory
The Internet Can't Figure Out if This Shoe Is Pink and White or Gray and Teal
It's the dress all over again.
A Comics Color Artist Explains the Psychology of Pigment
In this week's Strip Panel Naked, K. Michael Russell shares what it's like to work as a professional comics color artist.
Vibrant Supercut Shows How Akira Kurosawa Was a Master of Color
The master director (and former painter) blossomed when he gained access to color film.
Mysterious Instagram Artist Makes Hundreds of Alien Glyphs
The Instagram artist known only as Jonas is making hundreds of vividly colored and slowly evolving serial paintings.
A Kaleidoscopic Shipping Container Mural Will Change the Way You See Color
Carlos Cruz-Diez’s new show at the SCAD Museum of Art features sidewalk paintings and hollowed out shipping containers.
Rainbow Artist Liz West Wants You to Design Your Own Color Wheel
Known for her immersive rainbow installations, West gathered unique takes from artists and non-artists alike in order to research how we perceive color differently.
These Kaleidoscopic Paintings Look Like Optical Illusions
Evie Zimmer's hypnotizing works unleash a world of drippy, trippy psychedelia.
A Glowing Hall of Rainbows Samples Nature's Best Colors
Inspired by color theory and specimens from the Natural History Museum in London, Liz West's 'Our Spectral Vision' installation bursts with light.
Learn How Comic Book Artists Use Color as Subtext
YouTube series 'Strip Panel Naked' is back with another illustrative lesson to focus on color in comics.
Blending Fruits to Make Perfect Pantone-Colored Smoothies
Ever see a color look so good you wanted to taste it? Now you can.
Warp Your Perception of Color in Carsten Nicolai's Infinite Installation
24 morphing modules explore the relationships between color, semiotics, and psychology in Carsten Nicolai's 'unicolor.'
7 Hidden Art Secrets That Were Uncovered With Technology
From da Vinci to Rembrandt, The Creators Project looks at the invisible details hidden inside history's most famous artworks.