Color Study #31

176 of Crayola's crayon colors arranged by hue in a 360 degree color wheel. The empty spaces show hues Crayola didn't make crayons for, like a language without words for certain things.

Despite the missing hues, our mind fills the gaps. We are provided a more complete experience of color than should be there, proving reality and our minds are actively co-creating our perceptions.

Color Study #31 (Detail)

Here we see Crayola's bias for warm hues, this section of their color wheel has the most colors and the fewest gaps.

drawing
graphite, crayon, bristol paper
28x28"

Color Study #29

The colors of Crayola's 64-count crayon box are plotted on a 3-dimensional grid according to their lightness, saturation, and hue.
The unoccupied spaces in the grid show colors for which Crayola has not made crayons.
Despite our childhood joy of feeling we have many colors, we have far from all the colors.

drawing
graphite, crayon, bristol paper
28x28"

Color Study #7

Sherwin Williams paint samples arranged by hue with the lightest most saturated colors near the center and the darkest least saturated colors near the edges.

collage
graphite, found paper, pH neutral glue, wood, gesso
12x12x1.5"

Color Study #6

Colors found from paint samples and picture books arranged in a tight gradient.
The empty white spaces in the grid denote colors that could not be found or that cannot be printed due to the limitations of the CMYK color system, like a language that doesn't have words for certain things.

collage
graphite, found paper, pH neutral glue, wood, gesso
12x12x1.5"

Color Studies #1-6

The first six color studies each occupy a 60-degree segment of the color wheel.
The shape of each composition is determined by excluding colors which your eye can see but which cannot be printed.
These first works set the intention for the rest of the series, to show you what you didn't know you couldn't see.

collages
graphite, found paper, pH neutral glue, wood, gesso
12x12x1.5" each