1. Color Interactions

33. OPTICAL COLOR MIXING Placement of different colors in such a way that the human eye mixes them to form new colors.

36. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: yellow.

37. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: magenta.

38. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: yellow and magenta.

39. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: cyan.

40. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: yellow, magenta, and cyan.

41. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: black.

42. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color Printing: yellow, magenta, cyan, and black.

43. Sandro Botticelli. Detail of Birth of Venus. 1486. Color printing detail.

44. OPTICAL COLOR MIXING Placement of different colors in such a way that the human eye mixes them to form new colors.

62. Mark Rothko

72. $ 728.40

73. $ 7,284.00

74. $72,840.00

75. $728,400.00

76. $7,284,000.00

77. Mark Rothko, "White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)" (1950)

78. $72.84 million

80. RED With so many shades of red on the color spectrum, what’s a poster designer to do with a show called simply “Red”? Almost 30 regional theaters faced this question when they put John Logan’s drama, about the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko, on their 2011-12 schedule. Here are illustrations, paintings and photographs, as well as some finished posters, that will be used for advertising at six of the theaters mounting “Red.” Click on each image to read commentary from the designers who helped create them.