Artwork is often an unexpected way in which to bring shades of white into a space. Art with predominant white backgrounds can help “ground” a space without clashing with existing colors in a room.

And our eyes deceive, retaining afterimages, such as a bluish-green shadow from staring at red, clearly visible against a white background, as you’ll see in the art educator Josef Albers’s ...

Artwork is often an unexpected way in which to bring shades of white into a space. Art with predominant white backgrounds can help “ground” a space without clashing with existing colors in a room.