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Yves Klein Blue, an Australian rock band, take their name from the color and the artist who created it. In 1982 Danish rock band Kliché released an instrumental named "International Klein Blue". [13] International Klein Blue is the color used by Blue Man Group. [14]
IKB 79 is a painting by French artist Yves Klein, made in 1959. It is one of his monochrome series of around 200. It uses a shade of blue that he developed, International Klein Blue, based on the pigment ultramarine. The painting has the dimensions of 139.7 by 119.7 cm. It is held at the Tate Modern, in London. [1] [2]
Yves Klein started painting blue monochrome works in 1955. He had started talking about International Klein Blue (IKB) around 1957 or early 1958 and patented the actual process of making the paint itself in 1960. In essence, IKB is a slab of ultramarine pigment suspended in a clear commercial binder, Rhodopas.
The Manics' bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire told the Quietus ""There was a joy to 'International Blue' that we weren't sure we could convey any more, the feeling of being in love with something like Yves Klein, to pass on the joy of that colour and that vividness – we weren't sure if we still had it in us. It sounds quite young." [30] In 2017 ...
Artists throughout history—from Vermeer and Klimt to Miro and Mondrian—have used the color extensively. In fact, 20th-century French artist Yves Klein loved the shade so much that he patented ...
Klein in his final years had assembled a group of three colours who were more significant to him, blue, more exactly his own International Klein Blue, gold and pink. This trilogy could be interpreted as having a religious symbology, similar to the Christian concept of the Trinity. He created several paintings using each one of these three colours.
International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed by the French artist Yves Klein. IKB's visual impact comes from its heavy reliance on ultramarine, as well as Klein's often thick and textured application of paint to canvas. Klein never patented the color, only submitting a Soleau envelope without progressing to the patent stage. [20]
Capri (color) Carolina blue; Cerulean; Cobalt blue; Cobalt glass; Color of water; ... International Klein Blue; Iris (color) L. Lavender (color) Light blue; M ...