July 20, 2020

Color Palettes: Historic Silkscreen Posters, "January"


"A Year of Good Reading Ahead" Poster. Library of Congress Control No. 98510133.
Published: Illinois WPA Art Project. Created 1941.

Today is another installment in my color studies of Depression Era, Federal Art Project posters and seeing how artists played with color. It's interesting to see how this artist used the same 4 colors in the foreground, middle and background of the poster. With different proportions of each color, they were able to help create space and hierarchy to the information and visuals.

Enjoy!

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