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What emotion do you feel when you think of a colour?

Discover how we experience art physically and explore how emotions can be expressed through the way colours and lines are arranged in a painting. The artists on display in this room have explored the history of colour, found mystical qualities in colour and questioned what happens to colour when it becomes digital?

Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Cossacks’ 1910–1 — Wassily Kandinsky
Cossacks 1910–1
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Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Yellow Curve’ 1996 — Ellsworth Kelly
Yellow Curve 1996
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© Ellsworth Kelly

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 2 Cave. Yellow Earth’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 2 Cave. Yellow Earth 1995
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© Maria Lalic

Henri Matisse, ‘The Snail’ 1953 — Henri Matisse
The Snail 1953
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© Succession Henri Matisse/DACS 2019

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 8 Egyptian. Orpiment’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 8 Egyptian. Orpiment 1995
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© Maria Lalic

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 35 C18/19th. Cadmium Yellow’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 35 C18/19th. Cadmium Yellow 1995
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© Maria Lalic

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 14 Greek. Massicot’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 14 Greek. Massicot 1995
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© Maria Lalic

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 17 Italian. Naples Yellow’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 17 Italian. Naples Yellow 1995
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© Maria Lalic

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 42 C20th. Winsor Yellow’ 1995 — Maria Lalic
History Painting 42 C20th. Winsor Yellow 1995
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© Maria Lalic

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Gerhard Richter
Strip (921-6) 2011
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Art in this room

Henri Matisse, ‘The Snail’ 1953

Henri Matisse The Snail

1953

T00540

Yves Klein, ‘IKB 79’ 1959

Yves Klein IKB 79

1959

T01513

Alexander Calder, ‘Antennae with Red and Blue Dots’ c.1953

Alexander Calder Antennae with Red and Blue Dots

c.1953

T00541

Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Yellow Curve’ 1996

Ellsworth Kelly Yellow Curve

1996

T07403

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Alexander Calder, ‘Mobile’ c.1932

Alexander Calder

1898–1976

Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Cossacks’ 1910–1

Wassily Kandinsky

1866–1944

Ellsworth Kelly, ‘Méditerranée’ 1952

Ellsworth Kelly

1923–2015

Maria Lalic, ‘History Painting 35 C18/19th. Cadmium Yellow’ 1995

Maria Lalic

born 1952

Henri Matisse, ‘The Snail’ 1953

Henri Matisse

1869–1954

Benode Behari Mukherjee, ‘Conversation’ c.1960

Benode Behari Mukherjee

1904–1980

Gerhard Richter, ‘Abstract Painting (726)’ 1990

Gerhard Richter

born 1932