Untitled (Primary Colors), 2008
C-print
10.5 x 14"

The red, yellow, and blue diamond-like shapes were originally cut from acetate and photographed against a white wall. Window light was pouring in from one side of the room, giving an odd dimensionality to the flat-on-flat surfaces. Individual photographs were then composited and given an additional background; the neutral off-white rectangle.

Strangely, only imaginary "Primary Colors" can combine to quantify all visible colors. Any three colors of light can mix only a limited range of colors, which always contains fewer hues than the full range of colors humans can perceive. In order to mix the full spectrum of visible colors, the true "Primary Colors" are defined as lying outside the range of visible colors and therefore cannot be seen.