Each work is an edition of one. As shown in the larger versions, each can be hung "rightside-up" and "upside-down." Just as the other works in Colors 1: Transitions use tiny color changes to illuminate the limits of perception and of digital printing, these "Near Grays" vibrate around gray in the smallest possible increments. Each sheet contains a five-by-five grid of rectangles, making a 26.7 X 35.5 inch image area on 29.7 X 38.5 inch paper, in which the central rectangle is theoretically pure gray, though perceptions can vary, in part according to lighting conditions. Each begins with a primary color close to gray and proceeds through gray to the complementary secondary color. A total of 82 equally-spaced shades of gray have been selected for these works, from near-black to near-white, numbered from 1 to 82, and for each shade three works (B in the title indicating "blue," etc.) will be constructed. I have intentionally included shades so dark that the limits of my inks mean differences within those few could be difficult or impossible to discern. This page currently shows widely-spaced shades and a few others. There could be as many as 246 of these editions of one, three for each of the 82 shades. As with my other works, my intention is to retain about one quarter of these.
