Here are the first of several based on three colors, brown, blue and white.

The colors are not blended or shaded like the previous images. Every pixel is one of the three colors. I like this color combination. I created several, and was planning on putting them into a separate series. But I could not generate enough momentum for that, so they are a better fit for the current series.

Next up are a few based less on curves and more on distorted and broken rectangles.

Similar basic shape as the last posts, but with more colors.

Here are a few more variations, without comment.

Whoa! Too many colors.

Here I used bold primary colors to illustrate what I mean. The colors closely follow the shapes. The effect is better when it is subtle. Compare with the previous image, Experiment 2023.2 #3, and others in this series.

Many of the posts in Experiment 2023.1, Experiment 2023.1 #3 for example, explored adding colors to a monochrome image. In those images the colors were independent of the shapes.

In this image and the previous two, the colors are related to the shapes.

I started out with a vague plan. The main point was to be organized. I would list things to try, try those things, record and document the results. Then I would further pursue the ideas I liked best.

As usual, I am easily distracted and often head down the proverbial rabbit hole. So instead of a pseudo-scientific organized study of variant ideas, the result is a collection of distractions.

I do not have time to start over while this blog remains idle. So I will try to impose some organization while posting what I have.

It has been a week since my last post. I need to get started again.

The story so far: In Monochrome Minimalism I explored simple white on black shapes. In Monochrome Minimalism #2 I listed some ideas about how to enhance the monochrome shapes. Then in Experiement 2023.1 I explored a few of those ideas.

In this Experiment 2023.2 series I continue with those experiments.

Adding texture to a mix of Experiment 2023.1 #15 and Experiment 2023.1 #16.

This is an experiment in shifting color planes in Experiment 2023.1 #15. Simple mis-aligned rgb planes looked too cheap. Here I make the size of the shift proportional to the intensity of the color, and then blend in the original.

Inverting colors in Experiment 2023.1 #14 Resulting in a white background.

Increasing color saturation in Experiment 2023.1 #13.

This series started with various decorations, mainly colorings, of simple shapes. I moved away from the simpler wispy, ghostly shapes adding sharp lines/outlines. This one has a little of each.

The next few posts feature and assortment of digital manipulation of this base image.

High contrast, with colorful thin lines separating smaller regions. This one seems a long distance from where the series started. Yet, I think I can trace the steps that led from there to here.

I am not going to list those steps, nor am I going to continue down this path today. But this is definitely going into my "revisit" pile, and may become the start point in a future series.

Similar shape as with Experiment 2023.1 #10. This one feels like a neon party.

Here is one with an ominous and ghostly feel.