from that point on, we assumed that any organization of the works would be a sample, an adumbration, and so we proposed a graphic layout based on color. however, putting the idea into practice proved a lot harder than we had imagined.
to ascertain the ‘average’ color of each work, we transformed each image into a single pixel and arranged them in order of saturation and luminosity.
the idea was that the book would be a single color line, but it soon became apparent that the rationale would only become discernible if we separated the high-saturation works (more vivid colors) from the low (whites, greys and blacks).
so, on the low saturation line, the works were arranged by order of luminosity, from white to black. on the saturated color line, the criteria was hue, the property of light that distinguishes red from blue or green, and so on.