Does the work look calm or exciting? Think how certain colors represent moods. For example, is RED a calm or an exciting color? What is it about red that makes you feel a certain way? If an artist uses many different colors in a work of art rather than one color or two, would the mood be calm or exciting? Try naming all the colors Frank Stella used in Jarama II. Click the detail on this page to pop up the full picture. Can you find seven colors?

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