Amarillo

Yellow is one of the primary colours, along with red and blue; they cannot be created by mixing other colours. The artist Josef Albers is renowned for his colour theory that revolutionised modern art, and you can see his fascination with the colour yellow in his paintings.

The colour yellow is used for different atmospheres and situations. When it becomes gold, it has holy and religious connotations. A source of light, yellow can represent the glow of a warm fire, a cold neon light, or a sun whose rays illuminate the scene.

The abstract paintings in the Yellow Collection demonstrate the power and brilliant radiance of the colour yellow. When a painting includes a diverse array of colours, yellow balances and unites them. In the unique paintings in this collection, yellow brings a sense of summer or an autumnal atmosphere. In photography, the challenge is to capture a burning flame or the sodium glow of a streetlight. As a complementary colour, yellow works well with red or purple and its bright pigment highlights certain elements in a picturesque way. In snowy landscapes, yellow highlights the cold and pale winter sunlight. Yellow can be seen everywhere and and it stays true to its representation in classical and contemporary art. Yellow, the colour of light, dazzles us.