Adjective – bi•co•lō•rus;
- having two colours.
- of two colours.
It may not look like that now, but this image is actually a bicolōrus image. Or at least it is when viewed through a prism. Ignoring black and white, in its current form, the image has a multitude of colours; red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta. This full coloured image will be reduced to just two colours when viewed through a prism.
The inner and outer rings contain many colours including red, yellow, green, cyan, blue and magenta, while the ring in between is green and magenta.
Yet when viewed through a prism, the multi-coloured image will be reduced down to just two colours, red and cyan (bicolōrus).
Below is the resulting image when the full colour image above is viewed through a prism correctly.
What used to be green now appears cyan, and what used to be magenta is now red. The colours in the inner and outer rings also combine to make red and cyan as well. As incredible as this may seem, its really just a matter knowing how much the light will shift while passing through the prism and countering that effect.
For instructions and tips on how to correctly view and enjoy my artwork, please visit the how to view prism art page.