Above: ‘Purple Haze IV’ by © Laura H Elliott – Sold
It was during my studies of my ‘Art and Design Access Diploma’ that my thoughts of black where challenged. It may sound a bit crazy, but I was taught that, technically, black and white are tones, not colours. It can be explained simply by looking at a colour wheel.
By using red, yellow and blue pigments you can create every colour you wish, yet a pure black is not achieveable. The same is said regarding white, which is the lack of pigment, again, hence why black and white are not colours.
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Personally, I use black and white to expand my colours during painting; therefore, creating an extra choice of colours. Saying this, we can see how a deep colour can be subsituted for a tone, such as navy. It creates a rich colour palette for an artwork, walls and soft furnishings. Below is an example of navy features, with a navy sofa and artwork that enhances this trend:
Above: ‘Shedding Punk’d Viper’ on display
Buy the painting shown above at:
https://www.degreeart.com/dodge-punkd-viper
I believe this reduces the stark contrast and offers a smooth velvet finish. I think it is good to note that the colour blue is the most popular by far, with 40% men and 27% women of the population in the UK having this preference.
Above: Detail of ‘Dodge Punk’d Viper’
The following information supports this premise:
“Pinterest recognised Navy as one of the top 100 trends of 2017 with a 80% increase in the use of dark blue across users’ boards. Blue is a soothing, relaxing hue that does not compete for attention, think deep inky blues and dark indigo shades. Dark shades make a striking background for featured artwork.” (Degree Art)
The reason behind the popularity of the colour blue can be simply put: blue skies good weather, blue water is clean and healthy. Blue is good!
Why not give this a try and search my work for sale with my representative gallery, Degree Art?
http://www.degreeart.com/artists/laura-elliott
http://canadianhometrends.com/2017-trend-watch-navy-blue/
https://www.degreeart.com/blog/navy-new-black-interior-trend?utm_source=Artists+-+DegreeArt&utm_campaign=d48ab55431-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2016_12_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4703cf7ea2-d48ab55431-146507893
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/05/12/blue-worlds-favourite-colour/
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/blue-is-apparently-the-worlds-favourite-colour-10305057.html
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