Bright and Vivid Colors
Humans have always produced artwork containing vivid and intense colors. We can't help it! Their brightness evokes excitement and feelings of optimism. It grabs our attention, whilst their richness connates strong emotions and ideas. In fact, humans have a biological reason to pay attention to bright and vivid colors, as a survival mechanism to avoid the poisonous plants and dangerous animals that often had these same colors.
Throughout history, our affinity for these colors has been visible within art. For example, in Islamic Art, rich color palettes were often used for tilework and ceramics. Furthermore, though Roman and Greek marble sculptures are often thought of as white, they were in fact painted with bright colors. However, bright colors have not always been well-received: the popularisation of neo-classicism in western art scorned the use of bright colors, branding them as garish and “not of good taste". As such, the 18th and 19th centuries largely saw the decline in the use of these colors.
But this would not be for long, as with the rise of different artistic styles such as Fauvism, abstraction and pop art, bright colors came back into fashion. And thanks to the invention and mass production of synthetic pigments, they were easier than ever for artists to get their hands on.
Color theory is also a crucial concept for artists, who experiment with combinations of complementary and contrasting colors in order to convey certain tones and messages. The importance of color cannot be underestimated as it can completely change an artwork. For example, French painter Claude Monet liked to paint the same subject at different times of day and in different weather in order to explore the effects of different color palettes on the mood of his art.
Whatever color you feel like, Artsper will have the exact tone you're looking for in our selection of bright and vivid colored artworks.
price,501:1000
facet,10503*Obras de los artistas más vendidos|icon-bestsellers*obras-de-los-artistas-mas-vendidos
facet,10503*Oeuvres d’artistes best sellers|icon-bestsellers*bestsellers
facet,10503*Artworks by best-selling artists|icon-bestsellers*bestsellers
facet,10503*Werke von Bestseller-Künstlern|icon-bestsellers*werke-von-kunstlern-bestseller
facet,10503*Œuvres d’artistes best sellers|icon-bestsellers*bestsellers
price,1001:5000
category,6*Peinture*peinture
category,6*Painting*painting
category,6*Gemälde*gemalde
category,6*Pintura*pintura
facet,10500*Oeuvres d'artistes émergents|icon-youngtalents*jeunes-talents
facet,10500*Young Talents|icon-youngtalents*youngtalents
facet,10500*Obras de artistas emergentes|icon-youngtalents*obras-de-artistas-emergentes
facet,10500*Werke aufstrebender Künstler|icon-youngtalents*werke-von-jungen-kunstlern
price,5001:10000
price,500
facet,8259*Nos recommandations|icon-recommendations*recommandations
facet,8259*Our recommendations|icon-recommendations*recommendations
facet,8259*Nuestras recomendaciones|icon-recommendations*nuestras-recomendaciones
facet,8259*unsere Empfehlungen|icon-recommendations*unsere-empfehlungen
facet,10497*Artworks by famous artists|icon-masterpieces*masterpieces
facet,10497*Oeuvres d'artistes célèbres|icon-masterpieces*artistes-celebres
facet,10497*Werke berühmter Künstler|icon-masterpieces*werke-beruhmter-kunstler
facet,10497*Obras de artistas famosos|icon-masterpieces*obras-de-artistas-famosos
facet,11991*Grands Maitres|icon-masterartists*grands-maitres
facet,11991*Master Artists|icon-masterartists*masterartists
facet,11991*Maestros artistas|icon-masterartists*maestros-artistas
facet,11991*Große Meister|icon-masterartists*grosse-meister
facet,1629*Abstract*abstract
facet,1629*Abstraite*abstraite
facet,1629*abstrakt*abstrakt
facet,1629*abstracto*abstracto
category,5*Skulpturen*skulptur
category,5*Sculpture*sculpture
category,5*Escultura*escultura
facet,11997*Neue bemerkenswerte Künstler|icon-new-remarquable-artists*neue-bemerkenswerte-kunstler
facet,11997*New \u0026 remarkable Artists|icon-new-remarquable-artists*new-remarquable-artists
facet,11997*Nouveaux artistes à découvrir|icon-new-remarquable-artists*nouveaux-artistes-a-decouvrir
facet,11997*Artistas nuevos y destacados|icon-new-remarquable-artists*artistas-nuevos-y-destacados
facet,8274*Moyen (\u003c 115 x 115 cm)|medium*moyen
facet,8274*Moyen (\u003c 45 x 45 inch)|medium*moyen
facet,1635*Street art*street-art
facet,1635*Straßenkunst*street-art
facet,1635*arte callejero*arte-callejero
facet,8277*Grand (\u003c 200 x 200 cm)|large*grand
category,9*Photographie*photographie
category,9*Photography*photography
category,9*Fotografien*fotografie
category,9*Fotografía*fotografia
facet,1686*Pop Art*pop-art
facet,1686*Pop-Art*pop-art
facet,1686*Arte pop*arte-pop
facet,8277*Large (\u003c 200 x 200 cm)|large*large
facet,8277*Large (\u003c 80 x 80 inch)|large*large
facet,1671*Paysage*nature
facet,1671*Landscape*nature
facet,1671*Natur*natur
facet,1671*Naturaleza*naturaleza
facet,1644*Portrait*portrait
facet,1644*Porträt*portrat
facet,1644*Retrato*retrato
facet,8301*Special Offers|icon-promotions*vergunstigte-werke
facet,8301*Oeuvres en promotion|icon-promotions*promotions
facet,8301*Special offers|icon-promotions*promotions
facet,8301*Trabajos en promoción|icon-promotions*trabajos-en-promocion
facet,1641*Nus*nus
facet,1641*Akt*akte
facet,1641*Nude*nude
facet,1641*desnudos*desnudos
category,23*Zeichnungen*zeichnung
category,23*Fine Art Drawings*drawing
category,23*Dessin*dessin
category,23*Dibujo*dibujo
category,15*Print*print
category,15*Drucke*editionen
category,15*Edition*edition
category,15*Edición*edicion
facet,11697*Figurativ*figurativ
facet,11697*Figurative*figurative
facet,11697*Figuratif*figuratif
facet,11697*Figurativo*figurativo
facet,1830*Landscape|landscape*orientation-landscape
facet,1830*Paysage|landscape*orientation-paysage
facet,1830*Landschaft|landscape*orientation-landschaft
facet,1830*Paisaje|landscape*orientation-paisaje
facet,8274*Medium (\u003c 115 x 115 cm)|medium*medium
facet,8274*Medium (\u003c 45 x 45 inch)|medium*medium
facet,1827*Portrait|portrait*orientation-portrait
facet,1827*Hochformat|portrait*orientation-portrat
facet,1827*Retrato|portrait*orientation-retrato
facet,1680*Animaux*animaux
facet,1680*Tiere*tiere
facet,1680*Animales*animales
facet,1680*Animal*animal
facet,1674*Scène de vie*scene-de-vie
facet,1674*Alltagsszenen*alltagsszenen
facet,1674*Everyday life*everyday-life
facet,1674*Escena de la vida*escena-de-la-vida
facet,8280*Très grand (\u003e 200 x 200 cm)|very-large*tres-grand
facet,8280*Très grand (\u003e 80 x 80 inch)|very-large*tres-grand
facet,8271*Petit (\u003c 50 x 50 cm)|small*petit
category,24*Design*design
category,24*Diseño*diseno
price,1000:501
price,50001
facet,1659*Floral*floral
facet,1659*Flores*flores
facet,1659*Flore*flore
facet,1659*Flora*flora
facet,12220*Artistes Français*artistes-francais
facet,12220*French artists*french-artists
facet,12220*Französisch Künstler*franzosisch-kunstler
facet,12220*Artistas franceses*artistas-franceses
facet,11634*Popkultur Straßenkünstler*popkultur-strassenkunstler
facet,11634*Pop culture Street-artistes*pop-culture-street-artistes
facet,11634*Cultura pop Street-artistas*cultura-pop-street-artistas
facet,11634*Pop Culture Street Artists*pop-culture-street-artists
facet,1668*Black and white*black-and-white
facet,1668*Noir et blanc*noir-et-blanc
facet,1668*Schwarz und weiß*schwarz-und-weiss
facet,1668*Blanco y negro*blanco-y-negro
facet,1632*Architecture*architecture
facet,1632*Die Architektur*die-architektur
facet,1632*Arquitectura*arquitectura
facet,8280*Very large (\u003e 200 x 200 cm)|very-large*very-large
facet,8280*Very large (\u003e 80 x 80 inch)|very-large*very-large
facet,108*huile*huile
facet,108*Öl*ol
facet,108*oil*oil
facet,108*al oleo*al-oleo
facet,126*Acryl-*acryl
facet,126*acrylique*acrylique
facet,126*acrylic*acrylic
facet,126*acrílico*acrilico
facet,1650*Urban Landscape*urban-landscape
facet,1650*Paysage urbain*paysage-urbain
facet,1650*Städtische Landschaft*stadtische-landschaft
facet,1650*Paisaje urbano*paisaje-urbano
Stefanie Schneider
'Radha doing her Nails by the Pool' (29 Palms, CA), 1999
15 x 14.2 x 0 inch
Photography
$648
Remi Delaplace
Inside, Outside, Weakness, Folds and Deplis, 2014
31.9 x 51.2 x 0.8 inch
Painting
$3,228
Aloyzas Smilingis
Still Life With Palette (Peinture Semi-abstraite), 1974
45.7 x 31.9 x 0.1 inch
Painting
$5,831
Andy Warhol
Flowers: Master American Contemporaries II (After Andy Warhol), 1994
41 x 32 inch
Print
$60,000
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