Focusing in on painting's primary trio of red, yellow, and blue, Philip Ball explores the science and stories behind the pigments, from the red ochre of Lascaux to Yves Klein's blue.
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This page introduces the conceptual basis of artists' "color theory" — the traditional body of lore applied by painters and photographers to the design and creation of images. The addition of "modern" indicates that I compare the traditional (and still popular) tenets of color theory to the answers provided by modern color science.
