01 — PHILOSOPHY

The Infinity of Color

Color is universal and eternal, borderless and infinite.

The world around us is filled with an immeasurable richness of color, far beyond the limited names and categories through which we usually perceive it.

Every color exists equally, and each color reveals itself through its relationships with others.

02 — CORE

Color Constructs Space

Color is a three-dimensional element.

Rather than being applied to surfaces as decoration, color is placed in space as layers. Through repetition, sequence, distance, and depth, color can divide and structure space.

Color is not something added to space. Color itself creates space.

03 — CONCEPT

色切／shikiri

色切／shikiri is an original concept developed and coined by Emmanuelle Moureaux in 2003 to define the use of color as a three-dimensional element to divide and create space.

During her first visit to Tokyo in 1995, Moureaux was deeply moved by the colors overflowing through the city. She perceived them as countless layers of color floating in three-dimensional space, creating depth and density.

This experience fundamentally changed the way she understood color and led to the development of 色切／shikiri.

The term 色切／shikiri is a word coined by Moureaux from the Japanese words shiki (色, “color”) and shikiri (仕切り, “dividing space”). It expresses her concept of dividing and creating space with color.

色切／shikiri has become the conceptual foundation of her work across architecture, installations, and art.

04 — SYSTEM

100 colors

100 colors is an ongoing installation series built upon a constant palette of one hundred original colors.

Begun in 2013, the series uses the same set of one hundred colors, establishing a constant chromatic language across each work.

Through this finite system, every site, form, and composition reveals a different rhythm, atmosphere, and spatial narrative.

It is a finite system, but color itself is infinite. Through this finite framework, the infinite nature of color is revealed.

05 — METHOD

Color Observation

Observation begins with the infinite colors of the world around us.

Moureaux’s practice begins by observing colors in everyday surroundings. Colors are observed, collected, compared, classified, sequenced, constructed, and archived.

Through this process, colors that might otherwise pass unnoticed become visible, revealing relationships and possibilities within the infinite world of color.

06 — IMPACT

Expanding Color Perception

Becoming more aware of color changes the way we see the world.

Through her work, Moureaux invites people to experience color not only with their eyes, but with their entire body and senses.

Although we are surrounded by countless colors, many of them pass unnoticed. By experiencing subtle differences and relationships between colors, we become more aware of the richness, diversity, and beauty that already exist around us.

The goal is not simply to see more colors, but to become more aware of them — and through color, to see and understand the world differently.

To perceive more colors is to perceive more of the world.

Theory
emmanuelle moureaux
Origin: 2003
Structured: September 2026