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![Painting, Caught red handed, Tones](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2220833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lavender, Marco Saporiti](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173051_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paysage Damier, Hervé Le Bis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1409754_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Burning, Gabriel Dia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1330533_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Parade florale #1, Laura Dujoncquoy](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2088513_1_grid.jpg)
Parade florale #1
Laura Dujoncquoy
Painting - 116 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 45.7 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,838
![Painting, Untitled, Peter Schuyff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963626_1_grid.jpg)
![Design, Ze tabouret, Olivier Ebel](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479321_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crash III, Zoonchez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1235802_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Pom pom pom, Dany Soyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1192185_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Virtus, Keng Wai Lee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2186716_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Bauhaus Girl no. 3, Chen Ke](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2133115_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre 30, Frappis](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1581705_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Stéphane Leberloa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1575726_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Lady Banana, Mariana Gumeniuc](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2219763_1_grid.jpg)
The Lady Banana
Mariana Gumeniuc
Painting - 80 x 60 x 1.5 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.6 inch
$1,224
![Painting, Movement I, Sarah Elqa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2198301_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green flower, Did Dontzoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126917_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deux Demis Jaunes, Jean-Roch Focant](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1342581_1_grid.jpg)
Deux Demis Jaunes
Jean-Roch Focant
Painting - 90 x 90 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch
$2,757
![Painting, La imaginacion, Claudia Roussin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1336833_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Totem, Alberto Lanteri](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1109565_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Platonic Moon, Franz West](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1077423_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Jacques Dominioni](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173934_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rural Rugged I, Godspower Odogwu](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2154546_1_grid.jpg)
Rural Rugged I
Godspower Odogwu
Painting - 84.5 x 86 x 2.5 cm Painting - 33.3 x 33.9 x 1 inch
$1,953
![Painting, Keep it simple, Esteban Vera](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2054526_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Scampia-II, Dominique Prévots](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1367757_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Guiding Light, Sos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1321473_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Kaori, Istraille](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1266867_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Confident, Raphaël Laventure](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063887_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Collection Bleu d'été - "Fifty shades of blue", Thomas Jeunet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2194890_1_grid.jpg)
Collection Bleu d'été - "Fifty shades of blue"
Thomas Jeunet
Painting - 130 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting - 51.2 x 35 x 0.6 inch
$2,183
![Painting, Danza del dragón, Iñaki Oreja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2183226_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Sea Far Below, Lauren Adams](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1875438_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, L'oiseau derrière le rideau, Timothy Archer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1395216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Coquelicots N°2 violet, SAB](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1381431_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Caresses III, Ismaël Kachtihi del Moral](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1063509_1_grid.jpg)
Caresses III
Ismaël Kachtihi del Moral
Painting - 20 x 20 x 3 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 1.2 inch
$517
![Painting, Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon, Xavier Albert Fiala](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191237_1_grid.jpg)
Saint Michel Terrassant le dragon
Xavier Albert Fiala
Painting - 49.7 x 38 x 0.5 cm Painting - 19.6 x 15 x 0.2 inch
$1,226
![Painting, Sans titre, Jean Sellier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177839_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Eclipse jaune, Alice Aladjem](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138605_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Kim En Joong](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1792218_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, New gloves, Victor Sheleg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320723_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alchemy, Berit Louise Sara-Grønn](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2232887_1_grid.jpg)
Alchemy
Berit Louise Sara-Grønn
Painting - 110 x 110 x 4 cm Painting - 43.3 x 43.3 x 1.6 inch
$6,662
![Painting, Au de la des yeux, Ahmed Zaibi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1694517_1_grid.jpg)
Au de la des yeux
Ahmed Zaibi
Painting - 30 x 30 x 1.5 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 0.6 inch
$597 $478
![Print, Oru tram, Stoul](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1549089_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Colate, Giuseppe Fortunato](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1521096_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, No hay que traspasar ciertas puertas, Sergio Moscona](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1446954_1_grid.jpg)
No hay que traspasar ciertas puertas
Sergio Moscona
Painting - 56 x 76 x 5 cm Painting - 22 x 29.9 x 2 inch
$5,630
![Print, One day in the life, Troy Henriksen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1406079_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Green flash, Xavier Wttrwulghe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2159282_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Deep Blue #15, Isthme](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1507863_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Maestria, Luz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2177968_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les six yeux, Xavier de Vilmorin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2172747_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Wall street monsters and other tales, Mideo M. Cruz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1311843_1_grid.jpg)
Wall street monsters and other tales
Mideo M. Cruz
Painting - 53 x 43 x 1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 16.9 x 0.4 inch
$977
![Sculpture, Astéroïde, Mireille Guérin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1250112_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar, SISC](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2155305_1_grid.jpg)
Harmony in Hues - Custom guitar
SISC
Sculpture - 84 x 31 x 8.89 cm Sculpture - 33.1 x 12.2 x 3.5 inch
$4,481
![Print, Yellow birds - édition rose, Bishop Parigo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997427_1_grid.jpg)
Yellow birds - édition rose
Bishop Parigo
Print - 70 x 50 x 3 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,723
![Painting, Untitled, Bara Sketchbook](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1527456_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, F8, Nicolas Vasse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1285068_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fontaine Pradier, Raluca Vulcan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1335552_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Set, Pascal Astier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1378929_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, RV Float, Xanda McCagg](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1225272_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Lady with a hand fan, Anatoly Metlan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2179754_1_grid.jpg)
Lady with a hand fan
Anatoly Metlan
Painting - 91 x 61 x 2.5 cm Painting - 35.8 x 24 x 1 inch
$6,800
![Painting, Labyrinth, Kazaan Viveiros](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1407969_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Good Bye, Isabelle Hirtzig](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2218611_1_grid.jpg)
Good Bye
Isabelle Hirtzig
Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0 inch
$109
![Painting, Harmony, Lena Bera-Pancini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2212209_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Fragance, Françoise Dedon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2138821_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Greetings IV, Greg Bogin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1423059_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Going Home, Luong Trung](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, N°556, Pierre-Luc Poujol](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2191394_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Love Cats, Studio Art Inspirada](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2176010_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting), G. Campbell Lyman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1471347_1_grid.jpg)
Aggregate #20 (Large Abstract Contemporary Painting)
G. Campbell Lyman
Painting - 121.9 x 152.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 48 x 60 x 1 inch
$4,910
![Print, Feuille vertes et rouge, Valérie Le Roux](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2203684_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Couleurs festives, Pierre Lamblin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1750089_1_grid.jpg)
Couleurs festives
Pierre Lamblin
Painting - 100 x 81 x 2.5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1 inch
$2,298
![Painting, Papier huilé 4, Françoise Paressant-Tual](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1443558_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, High Flyer, Kelly Jenkins](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320432_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Yellow flower, Sandra Szaja](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1283565_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Enterrado bajo las raíces del árbol sagrado, María José Vela](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1000344_1_grid.jpg)
Enterrado bajo las raíces del árbol sagrado
María José Vela
Painting - 83 x 83 x 2 cm Painting - 32.7 x 32.7 x 0.8 inch
$1,723
![Painting, Abstraction D, Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/993369_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction D
Brigitte Thonhauser-Merk
Painting - 60 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
$2,183
![Painting, Ups and downs, Ventzislav Dikov](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936809_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Composition I- Monotype, Gor Avetisyan](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1867251_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Caminho Percorrido, Leiga](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/173011_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Collegiate, Tina Loiodice](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309383_1_grid.jpg)
Collegiate
Tina Loiodice
Fine Art Drawings - 20.3 x 30.5 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8 x 12 x 0.1 inch
$919
![Painting, Bordeaux, B. Yaghi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1300116_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Havre de paix, Prisca Toulon (Priscart)](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1087188_1_grid.jpg)
Havre de paix
Prisca Toulon (Priscart)
Painting - 50 x 50 x 3.5 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.4 inch
$1,005
![Painting, Lys d'eau, Françoise Augustine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2217030_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Portrait I, Jinxian Yang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2097591_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rebel, Nino Eliashvili](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1463253_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 750 T10 Lords, Jocelyn Akwaba Matignon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1340109_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Libre comme l'air 2, Marielle Ritlewski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1783395_1_grid.jpg)
Libre comme l'air 2
Marielle Ritlewski
Painting - 60 x 60 x 5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 2 inch
$1,608
![Painting, Color sound in the golden light, Mi Jean Kang](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1479636_1_grid.jpg)
Color sound in the golden light
Mi Jean Kang
Painting - 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
$2,757
![Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Saunier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1468980_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sang Pourpre, André Bielen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1279251_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, In our Intimate Moments - 02, Bruno Palisson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1081773_1_grid.jpg)
In our Intimate Moments - 02
Bruno Palisson
Photography - 80 x 80 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 inch
$1,494
![Painting, Écrite, Bernard Quentin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2197176_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Off to the Field of dreams 5, Thein Shwe](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325706_1_grid.jpg)
Off to the Field of dreams 5
Thein Shwe
Painting - 120 x 180 x 1 cm Painting - 47.2 x 70.9 x 0.4 inch
$14,878
![Print, Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV), Richard Anuszkiewicz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1108968_1_grid.jpg)
Summer Suite (Red with Gold IV)
Richard Anuszkiewicz
Print - 54.6 x 54.6 cm Print - 21.5 x 21.5 inch
$2,500
![Painting, Primavera, Mary Heredia](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137505_1_grid.jpg)
Colored artworks
The work of color is central in any artistic work. It is even one of the first tools of the artist. It is difficult to imagine a work that would exist without the working of color - even if it is the absence of color that the artist chooses to present.
Through the ages and artistic movements, the use and meaning attributed to color evolves, but the essence of color remains the same. Every artist must master the properties of color in order to control his composition. In the restoration of paintings, color even becomes a science, because it is necessary to know the different molecules to find the colors and mixtures originally used by the artist.
In the history of art, the importance of color fluctuates according to periods and geographical areas. During the Italian Renaissance, for example, there was a debate (called Paragone) between the authority of color versus drawing: according to the schools, it is the color, and not the line, that creates the emotion and visual power of a work of art. The colors thus take on an immense importance, and assume certain meanings: white symbolizes purity for example, and blue (systematically used to clothe the Virgin Mary) is associated with divinity. These symbols are not thought of randomly: the purple for example, is used since the Byzantine era to signify the highest rank of royalty. Unlike ochre, the purple pigment came from a specific shell, and was extremely difficult - and therefore rare, and expensive - to obtain.
More generally, colors can be divided into three categories: warm, cool, and neutral. As their name implies, these classes of colors give off an atmosphere that the painter can use to influence the emotion of his work. Baroque art, for example, manipulates the contrasts between warm and cold colors to capture the power of bodies. The play of light is exalted by the effects of color. For a long time, the traditional Western school of painting required painters to reproduce the colors of the environment around them. It was the Impressionists, in the 19th century, who explored other ways of seeing - and therefore of transcribing on canvas - their chromatic environment. By avoiding complex mixtures and painting spontaneously, in the open air, the Impressionists reinvented the use of color to reproduce reality.
It was not until abstract and subjective painting that art devoted itself to color as a subject. Mark Rothko, precursor of the Colorfield Painting movement and of abstract expressionism, sees in his paintings a living organism whose color is human and whose format is transcendent. Piet Mondrian, on the other hand, sought in his paintings to approach the very essence of nature through the purity of primary colors, to achieve abstraction. The founder of the Russian avant-garde movement of Suprematism, Kasimir Malevich, will disturb the senses of everyone with his work "White square on white background", in which the color is painted only for itself. Contemporary art, photography, collage, or pop art also use in their respective ways the resources of color, exploring indefinitely all its pluralities. As Picasso said, "When I have no blue, I use red."
Artsper writes art in color: discover below a great selection of works that honor color and its properties. What better way to brighten up an interior?