Time space and motion week 5

C O L O U R

Explosion, Roy Lichtenstein. 248.9 x 170.2cm. Steel.

Roy Lichtenstein uses bright primary colours to draw the eye in and demand attention. Lichtenstein restricts his colour palette to only primary colours and black and white,  but in this particular work he only uses red yellow white and black, and the combination is bold in comparison to some artists work that only use neutral, or "plain" colours, this give Lichtenstein's work a different vibe and it stands out of the rest.

Instead of using different shades or tones of the colours, he uses dots to trick the eye at a distance into thinking that for example, the red is in-fact lighter where as its actually not its just using white space to make it appear lighter. Lichtenstein also uses flat planes of colour and this creates a very bold bright effect as opposed to the dotted areas.