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Using purely abstract, geometric forms, ‘Op’ artists sought to create patterns which affected the optic nerves to induce sensations of movement or to suggest an intricate three-dimensional perspective on what was in reality a still flat surface.\r\n\r\nIn her early work Riley frequently used black and white or monochrome to achieve these effects. Often she produced a series of images relating to a single theme.  In the suite of three prints, ‘Coloured Greys’, her use of colour is muted and subtle, but integral to the effect of light and movement, which appears to be related to the colour and movement of the sea.","physicalDescription":"A series of 14 horizontal, parallel, waving bands of colour. Each band is divided along its length into strips of differently hued 'greys' so that colour subtly shifts across the image from grey-green at the top of the image through green and purplish-brown to grey and purplish-brown to almost pure grey. 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