Within One Color

COLOR has shaped art for thousands of years. Early humans used earth pigments such as red ochre and charcoal to record their lives on cave walls. Ancient cultures treated color as power and symbolism, from Egyptian golds to imperial purples were reserved for the rulers. During the Renaissance, Ultramarine blue made from Lapis Lazuli became more valuable than gold and was reserved for religious art. As new pigments were invented in the 18th and 19th centuries, artists gained access to brighter, bolder hues, sparking movements like Impressionism and Fauvism, where color expressed light, emotion, and energy. In the modern era color became the subject itself: Rothko’s glowing fields and Yves Klein’s devotion to a single blue all explored how deeply colors can affect us.

Our June online group exhibition invites artists to explore the power, emotion, and personality of a single color. Each submitted artwork must be created using one dominant color—yellow, pink, blue, green, and so on, along with its tints, tones, and shades. Minimalist or maximalist, bold or soft, every approach is welcome as long as the palette stays monochromatic. Any subject matter or style is acceptable as long as it fits the “Within One Color” monochrome rule.

We welcome artworks from all mediums of visual art, except AI-created art, and video/film.