Sep 15

Black Goes with Everything

Many art instructors advise their students to avoid using black altogether, as it can easily overpower a painting, but the color has been essential to art since humans first started making marks. It was one of the first colors used in cave paintings, with charcoal being among the easiest media to produce.
Black Goes with Everything
Thank you, Artist Network


Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours

A recreation of the original 1821 color guidebook with new cross references, photographic examples, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux. Check out the examples of where these colors are found in nature.
Nomenclature of Colours
Thank you, Pam


The Murky History of the Colour Yellow

Indian Yellow was created by a process that allegedly restricted cows to a diet of mango leaves, leaving them in a state of near starvation. Kelly Grovier looks at the masterpieces which used the pigment.
I have recently read an article in the NewYorker that questions the veracity of the mistreated-animal origin of this pigment. It may have been a romantic story to create marketing interest.
Indian Yellow
Thank you, Marlene