This image has a wide variety of colors, making it busy. So what captures your attention? Do certain colors capture your attention? Why? Is color varied like this so you focus on another element instead?
This image has fewer colors. How does that affect where your attention goes?
In sounds, color refers to the tone or timbre of the sound. This work has a wide variety of timbres. (Listen for about 30 seconds)
This work only uses the sound of a singing boy and a bell, allowing us to focus on the details of each sound’s color…
…and notice when one sound takes on the properties of the other: