Colored artworks

Painting, Panorama Astratto 2, Nestor Toro

Panorama Astratto 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, A color equation 4, Nestor Toro

A color equation 4

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.7 inch

$2,020

Painting, Crystalline dawn panorama, Nestor Toro

Crystalline dawn panorama

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 20 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, Faces of nature 12, Nestor Toro

Faces of nature 12

Nestor Toro

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch

$1,600

Painting, Faces of nature 20, Nestor Toro

Faces of nature 20

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, Faces of nature 19, Nestor Toro

Faces of nature 19

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, Faces of nature 16, Nestor Toro

Faces of nature 16

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, Faces of nature 17, Nestor Toro

Faces of nature 17

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$2,030

Painting, Coral Sunset (Red Reflection), Nestor Toro

Coral Sunset (Red Reflection)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 88.9 x 71.1 x 0.3 cm Painting - 35 x 28 x 0.1 inch

$1,750

Painting, High frequency garden 4, Nestor Toro

High frequency garden 4

Nestor Toro

Painting - 86.4 x 71.1 x 1.8 cm Painting - 34 x 28 x 0.7 inch

$1,700

Painting, Autumn motion, Nestor Toro

Autumn motion

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 121.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 48 x 0.7 inch

$2,000

Painting, Magenta panorama (Flowering), Nestor Toro

Magenta panorama (Flowering)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Iridescent night (Purple red), Nestor Toro

Iridescent night (Purple red)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Forest and light trails 2, Nestor Toro

Forest and light trails 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 40.6 x 50.8 x 1.8 cm Painting - 16 x 20 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Caribbean energy (Summer flare), Nestor Toro

Caribbean energy (Summer flare)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Morning Fire, Nestor Toro

Morning Fire

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Solar Fire, Nestor Toro

Solar Fire

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Yellow Reunion (Lost Lights) 2, Nestor Toro

Yellow Reunion (Lost Lights) 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Caribbean waters (Cool Blue), Nestor Toro

Caribbean waters (Cool Blue)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Buddha's window, Nestor Toro

Buddha's window

Nestor Toro

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch

$1,600

Painting, Blinding sunlight, Nestor Toro

Blinding sunlight

Nestor Toro

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 1.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 0.7 inch

$1,600

Painting, Water and Forest, Nestor Toro

Water and Forest

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Intermittent Dreams 1, Nestor Toro

Intermittent Dreams 1

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Intermittent Dreams 2, Nestor Toro

Intermittent Dreams 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Intermittent Dreams 3, Nestor Toro

Intermittent Dreams 3

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Split Panorama 1, Nestor Toro

Split Panorama 1

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,020

Painting, Split panorama 2 (Action divided), Nestor Toro

Split panorama 2 (Action divided)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Split panorama 3 (Action divided), Nestor Toro

Split panorama 3 (Action divided)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Split panorama 4 (Action divided), Nestor Toro

Split panorama 4 (Action divided)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Split panorama 5 (Action divided), Nestor Toro

Split panorama 5 (Action divided)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Red valley (Heat wave), Nestor Toro

Red valley (Heat wave)

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Red Valley 2, Nestor Toro

Red Valley 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Many miles offshore,, Nestor Toro

Many miles offshore,

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Double imagery (reflective pool),, Nestor Toro

Double imagery (reflective pool),

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, Many miles inland, Nestor Toro

Many miles inland

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, A Warm Feeling, Nestor Toro

A Warm Feeling

Nestor Toro

Painting - 71.1 x 55.9 x 1.8 cm Painting - 28 x 22 x 0.7 inch

$2,025

Painting, A Time To Imagine, Nestor Toro

A Time To Imagine

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,035

Painting, Sunny Dimensions, Nestor Toro

Sunny Dimensions

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,030

Painting, A Time To Imagine 2, Nestor Toro

A Time To Imagine 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,025

Painting, Double Imagery (Forest Pond), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Nestor Toro

Double Imagery (Forest Pond), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,035

Painting, Effusive Silence 4, Nestor Toro

Effusive Silence 4

Nestor Toro

Painting - 50.8 x 40.6 x 1.8 cm Painting - 20 x 16 x 0.7 inch

$1,000

Painting, Ultra radiant fire spectra, Nestor Toro

Ultra radiant fire spectra

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,920

Painting, Radiant purple synergy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Nestor Toro

Radiant purple synergy, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,920

Painting, Drizzles Ave., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Nestor Toro

Drizzles Ave., Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 24 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,920

Painting, Ultra radiant dawn, Nestor Toro

Ultra radiant dawn

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.7 inch

$1,680

Painting, Unexpected Memories, Nestor Toro

Unexpected Memories

Nestor Toro

Painting - 76.2 x 61 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 24 x 1.5 inch

$1,635

Painting, In Between Seasons 2, Nestor Toro

In Between Seasons 2

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.5 inch

$1,585

Painting, In Between Seasons 3,, Nestor Toro

In Between Seasons 3,

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 45.7 x 1.3 cm Painting - 24 x 18 x 0.5 inch

$1,585

Painting, Where sounds disappear 1, Nestor Toro

Where sounds disappear 1

Nestor Toro

Painting - 61 x 91.4 x 1.8 cm Painting - 24 x 36 x 0.7 inch

$1,670

Painting, Traditional Communications, JonOne

Traditional Communications

JonOne

Painting - 98 x 93 x 3 cm Painting - 38.6 x 36.6 x 1.2 inch

$19,981

Photography, High Gloss Mouth (M), Tyler Shields

High Gloss Mouth (M)

Tyler Shields

Photography - 76.2 x 76.2 cm Photography - 30 x 30 inch

$5,000

Painting, Surrounded by Friends, Gaëtan de Séguin

Surrounded by Friends

Gaëtan de Séguin

Painting - 90 x 130 x 3 cm Painting - 35.4 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

$3,460

Painting, Love 5, Mineko Yoshida

Love 5

Mineko Yoshida

Painting - 133.4 x 133.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 52.5 x 52.5 x 0.1 inch

$2,020

Painting, Spring sunset #4, Laura Dujoncquoy

Spring sunset #4

Laura Dujoncquoy

Painting - 100 x 70 x 4 cm Painting - 39.4 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,674

Painting, Golden Sunrise, Nikolaos Schizas

Golden Sunrise

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 116 x 114 x 5 cm Painting - 45.7 x 44.9 x 2 inch

$3,907

Painting, Los cuatro vientos, Nikolaos Schizas

Los cuatro vientos

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

$3,126

Painting, Frozen Dreams, Nikolaos Schizas

Frozen Dreams

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$3,271

Painting, Stardust, Nikolaos Schizas

Stardust

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

$3,271

Painting, What Now?, Nikolaos Schizas

What Now?

Nikolaos Schizas

Painting - 130 x 97 x 0.1 cm Painting - 51.2 x 38.2 x 0 inch

$4,056

Print, Virgo energy, Insane 51

Virgo energy

Insane 51

Print - 45 x 80 cm Print - 17.7 x 31.5 inch

$1,060

Print, Deathma701, Death NYC

Deathma701

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathf1614, Death NYC

Deathf1614

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathp212, Death NYC

Deathp212

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathma280, Death NYC

Deathma280

Death NYC

Print - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathm6167, Death NYC

Deathm6167

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathma280, Death NYC

Deathma280

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathq301, Death NYC

Deathq301

Death NYC

Print - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, Deathq867, Death NYC

Deathq867

Death NYC

Print - 45 x 32 x 0.1 cm Print - 17.7 x 12.6 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Painting, Bloom into infinite joy 01, Poonam Choudhary

Bloom into infinite joy 01

Poonam Choudhary

Painting - 106.7 x 91.4 x 2.5 cm Painting - 42 x 36 x 1 inch

$350

Painting, Contemple, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Contemple

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 80 x 40 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$982

Painting, Cœur de dragon, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Cœur de dragon

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$770

Painting, Rivage, Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Rivage

Françoise Dugourd-Caput

Painting - 80 x 60 x 3 cm Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

$1,429

Painting, Le maître des forces de la nature, Bengt Lindström

Le maître des forces de la nature

Bengt Lindström

Painting - 180 x 194 x 2 cm Painting - 70.9 x 76.4 x 0.8 inch

$72,558

Print, DeathMb585, Death NYC

DeathMb585

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Print, DeathF1506, Death NYC

DeathF1506

Death NYC

Print - 32 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print - 12.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

$222 $156

Painting, La danse de joie, Âme Sauvage

La danse de joie

Âme Sauvage

Painting - 80 x 80 x 2.4 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.9 inch

$893

Painting, Neptune, Sange

Neptune

Sange

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$759

Painting, Phi Aquarii, Sange

Phi Aquarii

Sange

Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$759

Painting, Maniquíes, Enrique Pichardo

Maniquíes

Enrique Pichardo

Painting - 140 x 200 x 1 cm Painting - 55.1 x 78.7 x 0.4 inch

$5,607

Print, Color is Love (Réhaussé/Hand-Embellished), Onemizer

Color is Love (Réhaussé/Hand-Embellished)

Onemizer

Print - 50 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print - 19.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$1,340

Painting, You are my other Half, Lilly Muth

You are my other Half

Lilly Muth

Painting - 125 x 145 x 2 cm Painting - 49.2 x 57.1 x 0.8 inch

$2,679

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,907

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$3,907

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$5,581

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 50 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch

$5,581

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 75.5 x 56 x 1 cm Painting - 29.7 x 22 x 0.4 inch

$5,023

Painting, Sans titre, Jean Miotte

Sans titre

Jean Miotte

Painting - 65 x 51 x 1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 20.1 x 0.4 inch

$5,023

Painting, Lab #2 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco

Lab #2 Painting. From the Lab series

Alec Franco

Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch

$750

Painting, Lab #1 Painting. From the Lab series, Alec Franco

Lab #1 Painting. From the Lab series

Alec Franco

Painting - 49.8 x 34.8 x 0.3 cm Painting - 19.6 x 13.7 x 0.1 inch

$750

Print, Banksy Thrower, Mr Brainwash

Banksy Thrower

Mr Brainwash

Print - 76 x 56 x 1 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.4 inch

$8,930

Fine Art Drawings, Le regard rose, Jéko

Le regard rose

Jéko

Fine Art Drawings - 29.7 x 21 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.7 x 8.3 x 0.1 inch

$670

Painting, Sens commun, Jazzu

Sens commun

Jazzu

Painting - 100 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch

$2,567

Painting, Blue not blues, Daniel Castan

Blue not blues

Daniel Castan

Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

$3,907

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? 

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