Klein blue is a deep blue created by Yves
Klein. It has a heavy reliance on Ultramarine and its visual impact is related
to Klein’s thick and textured application of paint to canvas. ‘IKB 79’ was one
nearly two hundred monochrome paintings Klein made during his career. His aim
was to create a way of rejecting the idea of representation in painting and
therefore attain creative freedom. The letter IKB stand for International Klein
Blue, a deep ultramarine that Klein registered as a trademark colour in 1957.
He associated this colour with immaterial values and said he felt as though it
had a quality close to pure space. Rather than the colour deriving from the
ultramarine pigment, it comes from a matte synthetic resin binder in which the
colour is suspended. This allows the pigment to maintain as much of the colour
intensity as possible. In today’s world, Klein blue is still heavily used by
designers and artists around the world, appearing in graphics, fashion, furniture
and even cars.
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