Petronio Bendito

Statement

Through my computational color design research, I develop methods to produce color palettes for RGB and CMYK outputs. For the “Color Code, Algorithmic Lines” series, a hybrid creation process combines mathematical and intuitive thinking for art and design application. Color combinations generated from lines, planes, and cuboids are foundational to understanding algorithmic digital color palettes and can produce sophisticated color palettes. Formalistically I orchestrate via color and shape visual solutions that propose a unified reading of extremes: balance and chaos; light and darkness; structure and spontaneity. I believe procedural colors will play a major role in art and design color selection processes in the 21st Century.

Artworks

The work examines color palette (CP) design as a mathematical construct. The CP was derived from a column-shaped cuboid inside the RGB Color Model and programmed in Processing (Java). Size and position of the cuboid determine the color range. The resulting color palette invokes an unusual appeal, mixing olive, lilac, soft blue tones, and dusted greens. Key hue families are 180 degrees apart on the RGB/CMY digital color wheel, creating visual tension. However, the predominance of related tones and smooth transition from low to mid chroma (saturation), including grayish tones, add perceptual coherence to the color palette and the work. Discovering color palettes through mathematical thinking contributes to the arts and design.