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Monochromatic Art: Why Painters Choose to Work in a Single Color
Yves Klein patented a blue. Malevich painted a black square. Reinhardt spent a decade on black. Discover why 20th-century painters reduced art to a single color.
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Yves Klein patented a blue. Malevich painted a black square. Reinhardt spent a decade on black. Discover why 20th-century painters reduced art to a single color.

Blue was once the most expensive pigment in the world, ground from Afghan lapis lazuli and worth more than gold. Discover the history of blue in art, from ultramarine to Yves Klein.