Colors in digital environments are created using RGB sliders or palettes, but RGB mixing differs from how physical pigments mix. Cocolor bridges this gap by offering a digital color creation method and game that taps into our intuition for subtractive mixing.
We have been working on Cocolor with American artist Rosy Lamb. Unlike traditional digital tools which automate and accelerate color creation, Cocolor seeks to slow down the process to the speed at which we are able to notice subtle changes in a color's hue, value and chroma. An artist’s process of looking, of harnessing accidents and applying strategies of trial and error to her vision, with the uncertain aim of uncovering colors she didn’t see before, now becomes possible.
Antoine Mestrallet