2. High-Impact Color
Clyfford Still was an expert colorist and often used high-impact colors in unexpected ways to achieve powerful effects. Vote for your favorite five colorful paintings from the eighteen included below to hang together in one of our galleries. (scroll all the way down to see the options). Tell us why you chose these paintings when you confirm your votes.
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![Gif of different images of an abstract oil painting on canvas with a large splotch of pink paint, and some smaller areas with light blue, red, and purple](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-273.gif)
Clyfford Still, PH-273, 1962.
Oil on canvas, 112 1/4 x 170 1/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Not stretched, never been shown)
PH-273
![Abstract painting with two large areas of reddish brown, an area of green, and a rusty red separating the areas and along the top](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-871.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-871, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 112 1/2 x 172 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)
PH-871
![Horizontal abstract painting with a lot of black paint and large areas of purple, maroon, and a smaller area of dark orange](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-260.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-260, 1962.
Oil on canvas, 113 x 158 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-260
![Abstract oil painting with gold, yellow, white, and small areas of pink and light blue](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-369.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-369, 1951.
Oil on canvas, 80 x 71 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-369
![Abstract oil painting with bare canvas visible and goldish yellow paint in large area moving upwards with smaller highlights of yellow, white, and a small black figure on the left side](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-133.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-133, 1960.
Oil on canvas, 115 x 104 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-133
![Abstract painting splotches of yellow, black, red, orange, and blue paint](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-392.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-392, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 109 1/8 x 93 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-392
![Abstract oil painting with bare canvas showing on the left and upper right sides, with a large section of yellow, a little white around it, and orange and green vertical lines, with a small red area at the bottom](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-52.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-52, 1958.
Oil on canvas, 79 1/2 x 68 5/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-52
![Abstract oil painting with large sections of a dark blue, with some vertical yellow figures, bare canvas, and some hints of orange-red](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-833.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-833, 1972.
Oil on canvas, 76 x 69 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)
PH-833
![Horizontal abstract painting that is almost all different shades of dark blue, with a section of black on the left side and a thin vertical white line on the left third](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-223.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-223, 1956.
Oil on canvas, 106 x 117 1/2 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-223
![An abstract mostly black painting with a blue vertical line through the middle and a red spot at the top](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-605.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-605, 1950.
Oil on canvas, 85 1/2 x 69 3/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-605
![Vertical abstract painting with bare canvas visible around the edges and a large red splotch in the center with several shades of red and a horizontal black figure along the bottom](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-18.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-18, 1955.
Oil on canvas, 108 x 92 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-18
![Abstract painting covered mostly in red with several shades of red including a lighter red line up the center, brown around the edges, and a black splotch toward the top center](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-161.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-161, 1954.
Oil on canvas, 95 1/8 x 92 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-161
![Abstract painting with a large brown splotch in the lower right side, orange horizontal and vertical lines dividing the painting into uneven quadrants, a magenta section on the left side, a red section at the top right, gray area towards the top, a blue vertical line, small area of bare canvas in the lower right corner, and hints of yellow](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-312.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-312, 1953.
Oil on canvas, 69 5/8 x 55 3/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
(Never been shown)
PH-312
![Abstract horizontal painting with about two-thirds of it covered in a dark orange, divided by a thick black vertical line, and two dark shades of blue on the left side](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-227.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-227, 1954.
Oil on canvas, 104 5/8 x 117 1/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-227
![A vertical abstract painting with dark and light blue shapes swirling around a center area with bare canvas, white, yellow, black and hints of red](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-160.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-160, 1957.
Oil on canvas, 49 x 37 1/8 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-160
![Vertical abstract painting with an orangish red on the bottom two-thirds, with an uneven top, and black, brown, and blue above it](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-368.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-368, 1949.
Oil on canvas, 42 1/8 x 28 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-368
![Tall vertical painting with a dark orange on the side, a dark line up the center, black, yellow, and an eggplant purple on the left](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-1075.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-1075, 1954.
Oil on canvas, 117 3/4 x 75 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY
PH-1075
![Bare canvas with splotchy figures in black, gold, brown, yellow, green and red](https://clyffordstillmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/ph-873.jpg)
Clyfford Still, PH-873, 1973.
Oil on canvas, 92 x 78 3/4 in.
Clyfford Still Museum, Denver, CO.
© City and County of Denver / ARS, NY