Rothko's painting is dominated by a cool color. Green is considered a cool color in the color wheel. “Cool colors tend to be recessive, dominated by blue, green, and black” (Humanities 87).
Rothko's Earth Greens can be perceived as a three dimensional object thus portraying more space on the canvas then there actually is. This adds depth more than taken up width. “And when shapes suggest mass- three dimensional solids- depth is inevitably seen” (Humanities 91).
Rothko has abstracted sensa, especially colors, from objects or things. Earth and grass and sky are not “in” Rothko's painting” (Humanities 116).
