Is Blue Really Blue?

January 17, 2025  •  Leave a Comment

     Paint a small to medium sized color blue on your surface. Next to it paint some pink. The blue you just painted changed. Because by painting the pink next to the blue your mind is now processing blue/pink. Not blue alone. Paint green next to the blue/pink. The blue changed again. Is blue really blue?

Painters are free to intentionally create a new world for ourselves and at the same time affect the perception of others.

Paint yellow next to the blue/pink/green. The blue changed again. Here is where your artistic intuition becomes a top priority. I call this feelings. When under an intentional amount of control, feelings are powerfully dynamic.

Feel the colors being processed as your composition is becoming a work of art. Change the blue you first painted by adding a little white. Paint that on your surface. Next, paint a lighter shade of pink and place that next to your new blue. Do the same to green, make it a little lighter. Now the yellow, make it lighter. Paint the new blue/pink/green/yellow next to each other. Compare the first area to the second area. Do you feel the power of color? Is blue really blue? 

Recommended reading:  Indigo: In Search of the Color That Seduced the World

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Peace and love.  Russ

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