elisabeth // 2008 // 33×33
glass tiles // silver leaf
color is the perceptual characteristic of light described by a color name. specifically, color is light, and light is composed of many colors—those we see are the colors of the visual spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. objects absorb certain wavelengths and reflect others back to the viewer. we perceive these wavelengths as color.
a color is described in three ways: by its name, how pure or desaturated it is, and its value or lightness.