HALF TONES

LONDON SMOKE, BABY PINK

Blue, red, white, green, yellow, black…

And then?

How many colors?

Don’t ask the rainbow: it’s a magician.

It shows us only that which we want to see.

Children, who search for the treasure at the feet of its rays, know well: the colors disappear as soon as you try to catch them, they’re just an illusion.

Actually, a color is and ensemble of symbols and conventions.

Behind the six primary colors are the complimentary ones, half tones (pink, brown, violet, orange and the strange gray) and an infinite procession of shades which never stops inventing.

The lesson we can pull from here is entertaining: a color only exists because we look at it.

Basically, it’s a pure invention of mankind.

Meditate, people.