The use of a scale of color in which each is considered in relationship to the rest. A dominant color in the painting is selected to which the others are scaled up or down within a restricted range.
Color used for its own sake. Taken in their purest intensity, colors are built up into patterns of contrasts. The main object being decorative, color is thus reduced to its most direct sensuous appeal. Hence, relationship between colors in its pure value is the basic aspect.
Piet Mondrian, in his paintings (Pure Plastic Art) created the compositions based on the pure colors- red, yellow, blue and black and white (plate 7 A). Mondrian’s work introduced a new style of minimalist approach (plates 7A,B&C) to create balance through simplicity and minimal use of colors.
