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While thinking about fugues and what Albers had to say about how one color changes another I began to wonder if staggering colors in a sequence would hold the colors together in the same way that it holds the notes together in time.
This is an example from Albers' color course of the way one color can be changed because of what surrounds it.
The small color in the center of the two adjacent squares is the same. In this example you can see the way our perception of color is changed by the colors surrounding it but it is always happening no matter how subtle it may be. When two colors touch, our perception of them changes.
This is an example from Albers' color course of the way one color can be changed because of what surrounds it.
The small color in the center of the two adjacent squares is the same. In this example you can see the way our perception of color is changed by the colors surrounding it but it is always happening no matter how subtle it may be. When two colors touch, our perception of them changes.
Here is one of the first wall hangings I created. It is now in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I am showing it because it illustrates very well how one color changing another can hold a sequence of colors together.
MYSTIC BLUE
60" x 60"
cotton fabric, hand sewn
Here is an inset to show the way the colors change. The solid colors change the prints underneath. This is not a great photo as it is not only a change in the amount of black and white but a color shift as well.
