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Contemporary artists and colour: Meaning, organisation and understanding

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Published
<mark>Journal publication date</mark>06/2006
<mark>Journal</mark>Optics and Laser Technology
Issue number4-6
Volume38
Number of pages12
Pages (from-to)405-416
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

What implications do the ranges of traditional and non-traditional media used by contemporary artists have for understanding the selection and specification of coloured materials? Interviews with prominent artists explore their use of colour and their views on the role of colour in their work. The paper establishes that the interview respondents operate successfully within a professional and permeable frame of reference, with different approaches to determination of colour meaning. The colour propositions of neuroscience, psychophysics and anthropological linguistics appear to have little impact on the respondents' practice, and the paper concludes by suggesting the need to explore boundaries between disciplines.