Palette In Play

Color is the first thing you notice about a work of art. But as a critical formal element used in art making, artists' choices for hues and saturations are signifiers. This exhibit is about how artists employ color, their relationship to it, and how these palette choices impact the viewer. Color is powerful. Patterning with color moves chaos to comfort. While the spectrum of color varies widely, an artist's use of color is quite deliberate. Color is storytelling: a language of emotion and narrative. Or it serves as messenger. Choices in hue can sometimes hold symbolic meaning. In addition, palette selections can convey culture and history, as well as trigger memory. Color combinations affect moods, sometimes convey feelings—and color can even prompt healing.