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![Painting, Sombres étreintes, Yousra Hamraoui](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2047539_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Beginnings Again, Toxic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1709076_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Il nuovo anno, Milena Bernardini](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1700814_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Espaces Lisières I, Germain Roesz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1692126_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hyères Hibiscus, Azulaska](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1687395_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Street font, Eko 1](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1555470_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, La cascade, Jason Blak](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1543155_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, 1000CC, Maciej Tutlewski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1421850_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sun Kissed, Mercedes Franklin](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1412298_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Les amis, Ossip Zadkine](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1169913_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Anachromie N° 21, Do Benracassa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2157211_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Sans titre, Pierre Wemaëre](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2135518_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Line 1222-02, Ahn Hyun-Ju](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2091858_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Mine field, Oli Sorenson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2041323_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Abstraction sur socle, Roselyne Dupetitpré](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1991367_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction sur socle
Roselyne Dupetitpré
Sculpture - 30 x 13.5 x 2 cm Sculpture - 11.8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inch
$447
![Painting, Frida&co, Lucie Emmanuelle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1907682_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Breakaway Yellow, Wendy Smith](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1853166_1_grid.jpg)
Breakaway Yellow
Wendy Smith
Painting - 89.9 x 119.9 x 3.6 cm Painting - 35.4 x 47.2 x 1.4 inch
$2,536
![Painting, Scooby Shopping, Emily Crook](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1834245_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Black&white #1, Dominik Rutz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1635312_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Dark Nomad, Karla Carranza](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1320492_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Strates 37, Versants](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1292136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Crystal Silence, Piotr Piskorz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056216_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Paradis Bleu, Léa Vandeveld](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2130454_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Sans titre, Bengt Olson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2001720_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Just a fine person, Teodor Genov – Pastedko](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1997787_1_grid.jpg)
Just a fine person
Teodor Genov – Pastedko
Fine Art Drawings - 24 x 18 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 9.4 x 7.1 x 0.1 inch
$335 $285
![Painting, killeuse, SOB Art](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1990797_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Friendship, Nele Jacobs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1951104_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Garden, Natalia Kuruch](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1505913_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Fight for a reason, Harouna Ouedraogo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1414533_1_grid.jpg)
Fight for a reason
Harouna Ouedraogo
Painting - 150 x 100 x 5 cm Painting - 59.1 x 39.4 x 2 inch
$3,913
![Sculpture, Spring Bouquet, Tom Alexis Robert](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1365753_1_grid.jpg)
Spring Bouquet
Tom Alexis Robert
Sculpture - 55 x 55 x 25 cm Sculpture - 21.7 x 21.7 x 9.8 inch
$2,236
![Painting, Grace, Jiyeon KIM](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1090245_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Encre I, Maylis Bourdet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2178749_1_grid.jpg)
Encre I
Maylis Bourdet
Fine Art Drawings - 36.5 x 47 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.4 x 18.5 x 0.4 inch
$626
![Painting, Stand Up, Kspersee](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2160136_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Untitled, Marwan Chamaa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2125836_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Anonimo pank, Dimitris Pavlopoulos](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2050518_1_grid.jpg)
Anonimo pank
Dimitris Pavlopoulos
Painting - 116.6 x 99.8 x 4.6 cm Painting - 45.9 x 39.3 x 1.8 inch
$4,000
![Design, Artistic colorful vase, Jiri Beranek](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1963290_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Past, Pierre-Noël Bernard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1936134_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Effervescence, Pierre Promelle Création](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1604709_1_grid.jpg)
Effervescence
Pierre Promelle Création
Painting - 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch
$1,901
![Print, Mostly, BB.Queen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1309653_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, West Broadway & Bowery, Susana Aldanondo](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1307388_1_grid.jpg)
West Broadway & Bowery
Susana Aldanondo
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 2 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 0.8 inch
$1,400
![Painting, The third boat, Moses Nyawanda](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1199211_1_grid.jpg)
The third boat
Moses Nyawanda
Painting - 111.5 x 83.5 x 2 cm Painting - 43.9 x 32.9 x 0.8 inch
$1,789
![Painting, Si tu as des rêves, n’attache pas ton pur sang à une charrue, arrime le à une étoile, Olivier Toma](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2173607_1_grid.jpg)
Si tu as des rêves, n’attache pas ton pur sang à une charrue, arrime le à une étoile
Olivier Toma
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,555
![Photography, Laura Talons, Pierre Boillon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2137930_1_grid.jpg)
Laura Talons
Pierre Boillon
Photography - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch
$1,051
![Painting, Orange melanin, Doäl](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2126499_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rapt reflections, Zara Justum](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1999371_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Chailleuse, Christian Bozon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1551609_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Champs aux fleurs jaune, Didier Chrétien](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1523757_1_grid.jpg)
Champs aux fleurs jaune
Didier Chrétien
Painting - 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$950
![Painting, Le faiseur de rosée, Philippe Loubat](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1509051_1_grid.jpg)
Le faiseur de rosée
Philippe Loubat
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,230
![Fine Art Drawings, Bénédiction, Dan Solojoff](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1278669_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Family Wax, Stéphanie Calemard](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1217259_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The end of the dream will be when it matters, Mathias Schmied](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2153555_1_grid.jpg)
The end of the dream will be when it matters
Mathias Schmied
Painting - 108 x 114 cm Painting - 42.5 x 44.9 inch
$7,826
![Painting, Irish Stag, Gavin O'Donoghue](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2058873_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, La Flûte enchantée 2 (d'après Adolph von Menzel), Roland Moreau](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1462203_1_grid.jpg)
La Flûte enchantée 2 (d'après Adolph von Menzel)
Roland Moreau
Print - 70 x 100 x 0.1 cm Print - 27.6 x 39.4 x 0 inch
$950
![Painting, Transparence Vert, Park Byung-Hoon](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1447431_1_grid.jpg)
Transparence Vert
Park Byung-Hoon
Painting - 60 x 40 x 2.5 cm Painting - 23.6 x 15.7 x 1 inch
$3,689
![Painting, Composition, Lucien Beyer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1372227_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Starfield, John Schieffer](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1367316_1_grid.jpg)
![Sculpture, Into my eyes, Sarah Elqa](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1362210_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rabbi Colors, Clem$](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1219341_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Amphibian Life I, Linda Saccoccio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1110453_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Vertical Beauty, Mr Cenz](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1028391_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Criss-Cross, Abstract Art on Paper, a.muse](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/654420_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Abstraction & courbes 1, Gisèle Desmarais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2161490_1_grid.jpg)
Abstraction & courbes 1
Gisèle Desmarais
Painting - 20 x 20 x 2 cm Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch
$168
![Painting, Descent, Kathryn MacNaughton](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2142342_1_grid.jpg)
Descent
Kathryn MacNaughton
Painting - 150 x 170 x 4 cm Painting - 59.1 x 66.9 x 1.6 inch
$7,714 $6,171
![Painting, La Grande Loire, Laury Merle](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116347_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Hilly Billy Willy Nilly I, Max Hammond](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1985751_1_grid.jpg)
Hilly Billy Willy Nilly I
Max Hammond
Painting - 40.6 x 30.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 16 x 12 x 2 inch
$2,000
![Painting, Danse africaine, Emmanuel King](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1944432_1_grid.jpg)
![Print, Chop-Chop!!, Nolwenn Samson](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1413954_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Rick and Morty Split, Nathan Wegner aka Wegs](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1314570_1_grid.jpg)
Rick and Morty Split
Nathan Wegner aka Wegs
Painting - 6.6 x 15.6 x 0.3 cm Painting - 2.61 x 6.14 x 0.1 inch
$559
![Print, Lady Liberty, LeRoy Neiman](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1215042_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Bouquet de fleurs, Alexis Louis Roche](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/827658_1_grid.jpg)
Bouquet de fleurs
Alexis Louis Roche
Painting - 46 x 38 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 15 x 0.8 inch
$1,050
![Painting, Cosmic display, Lionel Lauret](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2116251_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Girl On A Hill, Daniel Oguche Junior](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2098275_1_grid.jpg)
Girl On A Hill
Daniel Oguche Junior
Painting - 50.8 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm Painting - 20 x 14 x 1 inch
$1,550
![Painting, Druid forests 11.7, Milly Martionou](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2041248_1_grid.jpg)
Druid forests 11.7
Milly Martionou
Painting - 180 x 140 x 4 cm Painting - 70.9 x 55.1 x 1.6 inch
$30,745
![Painting, Abstract, Gemma Rigau de Llobet](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2009766_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Alaukik saundarya (Divine beauty), Richa Dave](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1938741_1_grid.jpg)
Alaukik saundarya (Divine beauty)
Richa Dave
Painting - 61 x 51 x 2 cm Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch
$2,012
![Painting, Route 66, Hubert Ollivier](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1603620_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Composition, Ayan Aziz Mammadova](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1579248_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The Life of a Drop of Water, Isabelle Vougny](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1325625_1_grid.jpg)
The Life of a Drop of Water
Isabelle Vougny
Painting - 70 x 70 cm Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 inch
$2,683
![Painting, Landscape No.1, Luo Yi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1193637_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Venefica, Fabio Morais](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1056453_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Rostros sin rostro 8-12, José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1046298_1_grid.jpg)
Rostros sin rostro 8-12
José Manuel Chamorro Chamorro
Fine Art Drawings - 65 x 50 cm Fine Art Drawings - 25.6 x 19.7 inch
$637
![Painting, Heartland, Ford Crull](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1023996_1_grid.jpg)
![Fine Art Drawings, Mini Chorus 1, Geoff Catlow](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/26238_1_grid.jpg)
Mini Chorus 1
Geoff Catlow
Fine Art Drawings - 33 x 33 x 4 cm Fine Art Drawings - 13 x 13 x 1.6 inch
$661
![Print, Untitled, Rafael Bartolozzi](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2148798_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, The rain, Ramonn Vieitez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/2143642_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Série des mètres, Arthur Di Nunzio](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1964196_1_grid.jpg)
Série des mètres
Arthur Di Nunzio
Photography - 100 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,398
![Painting, No Man Ever, Zoran Crncevic](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1880916_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, All of it, Steven Miller](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1853331_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Harlem River, Julia Moniewski](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1737216_1_grid.jpg)
![Photography, Her-Untitled 8, Ying Chen](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1628025_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Head of a man, Aaron Rodriguez](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1619343_1_grid.jpg)
![Painting, Color your life (paillette version), Jean Jam](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1469406_1_grid.jpg)
Color your life (paillette version)
Jean Jam
Painting - 100 x 100 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.6 inch
$1,565
![Print, Abstract Landscape, Claude Clero](https://media.artsper.com/artwork/1456752_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?