Repeated similar experiments with adjacent colors will show that any ground subtracts its own hue from colors which it carries and therefore influences.
Josef AlbersArt is revelation instead of information, expression instead of description, creation instead of imitation or repetition. Art is concerned with the HOW, not the WHAT; not with literal content, but with the performance of the factual content. The performance - how it is done - that is the content of art.
Josef AlbersSimultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon โ it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show that any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.
Josef Albers