COLOR – A British artist claims to have put a color in a color that science nevertheless describes as impossible to reproduce
Stuart Semple, artist known for his chromatic provocations, presented this week “Yolo”, a painting inspired by the “OLO” shade, recently identified by researchers from the University of California in Berkeley. Semple it markets on its site at the price of 10,000 pounds sterling (11,755 euros) per 150 ml pot – or for 29.99 pounds (around 35 euros), provided you declare itself an artist according to The Guardian.
The original color, “olo”, has never been naturally observed. She was born during an experience during which a laser stimulated the M cones directly – one of the three types of cells sensitive to color in the human retina. This exclusive activation has enabled five researchers to perceive a hitherto unknown shade of the visible spectrum.
“The color accessible to all”
True to his fight to democratize rare colors, Stuart Semple tried to recreate this perception. It has mixed pigments with fluorescent optical azurants, which absorb UV to re -emit them in the form of blue light. Using a spectrometer, it adjusted its mixture to get as close as possible to the shade perceived by the researchers. “I always thought that the color had to be accessible to everyone,” explains the artist. “I have fought for years to release these colors that belong either to companies, to scientists or to individuals. »»
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