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People all over the world can usually name their favorite color. Color preference seems hardwired into our DNA, and it has a big impact on…
Art and the Brain: The Impact of Creating Art on Your Brain
To Yves Klein, art had a transcendent quality. It was a way to see into the beyond – to see into another world: “Pure, existential…
Invention of a Color: The Making of International Klein Blue Paint
Not many people can say they have invented something. And an even fewer number of people can say they have invented a color. One of…
Using Color as a Meditation Aid: Basics of Color Meditation
Color is an extremely powerful force in our lives, whether or not we realize it. It evokes specific feelings, and with the intensification of the…
Healing Power of Art: How Art Influences Our Mind and Body
We’ve all experienced it: The sense of peace, or a stirring of emotions as you look at a piece of art. For centuries, this surge…
Painting with Blue: A Glimpse at the Meaning of the Color
Painting with blue: Yves Klein dedicated an entire period of his life to painting with this one color. His “blue period” resulted in the invention…
Artist Yves Klein: A Look at the Man and His Art
When you see a piece of art by artist Yves Klein, you catch a glimpse of the sky. His striking blue paintings are unlike any…