Color themes for macOS Terminal, curated from the permanent collection.
Each work translates a painter's color relationships into the sixteen ANSI values that define a terminal session. The background becomes the canvas. The text becomes the light.
Seven profiles after Mark Rothko (1903–1970). Oil on canvas, reconsidered as phosphor on glass.
The commission he returned. Maroon and black for a restaurant he decided did not deserve them. After the Seagram murals, 1958–59.
Seven profiles after Olga de Amaral (b. 1932). Gold leaf and horsehair, reconsidered as phosphor on glass.
Fiber becoming gold. After the Alquimia series, 1984.
Seven profiles after George Condo (b. 1957). Psychological Cubism, reconsidered as phosphor on glass.
Colors that shouldn't be in the same room together. After the Antipodal portraits, 2000s.
Seven profiles after Claude Monet (1840–1926). Plein air and lily ponds, reconsidered as phosphor on glass.
The painting that named a movement, before the sun burned through. After Impression, Sunrise, 1872.
Seven profiles after Atsuko Tanaka (1932–2005). Neon circuits and painted light, rewired as phosphor on glass.
Two hundred bulbs in nine colors, worn like a second skin. The circuit that started everything. After Electric Dress (Denkifuku), 1956.
Seven profiles after Bridget Riley (b. 1931). Perceptual geometry, reconsidered as phosphor on glass.
Black squares compressing toward a fold that isn't there. The painting that started Op Art — and the gallery's first light room. After Movement in Squares, 1961.
Double-click any .terminal file. It will appear in Terminal → Preferences → Profiles. Select it. Set it as default if you like.
Or, from the command line:
open "rothko/Rothko — Seagram Murals.terminal"
open "de-amaral/De Amaral — Alquimia.terminal"
open "condo/Condo — Antipodal.terminal"
open "monet/Monet — Brume.terminal"
open "tanaka/Tanaka — Electric Dress.terminal"
open "riley/Riley — Movement in Squares.terminal"New artist series are underway. The gallery accepts loans.