Art historian Alexandra Loske, curator at Brighton’s Royal Pavilion, takes us on a journey through the meanings of colour, with a dazzling feature in every issue. At the ROSA launch events she even colour-coordinates outfit and article.
Orange is the new brown
On the juiciest of colours, and back in fashion
This summer the artist Grayson Perry, known for his penchant for strikingly colourful outfits, wore an orange dress at the British Museum. The artist stood in stark visual contrast to the other, dark-suited officials …
(Not so) Mellow Yellow
Have you ever dared to wear a bright yellow outfit, or to put on yellow shoes? If you have, you probably got noticed. For yellow, in its perceived pure form, is the most ‘noticeable’ of colours. It’s not universally loved, but tends to trigger strong emotions…
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