A Colour Symphony Welsh Symphony Orchestra. The last movement, "Green", was separately published as "Pyonepsion". In 1977, a ballet called "Royal Offering" was created, with music based on "A Colour Symphony". A short extract from the 'Red' movement was used as the opening music to BBC TV coverage of The Proms until 2011. The British artist Kevin Laycock created a visual piece called "Four Movements in Colour", in which he attempted to portray, in colour, the sounds created by Arthur Bliss. In 2004, Laycock created a series of paintings called "Tectonics" as a direct response to Bliss's "A Colour Symphony" using parallel compositional
Colour centre the recognition of shapes, motion, and colour. V1 has multiple areas that are colour-sensitive, which indicates that colour processing is not limited to one area. According to a paper by Dr Robert Shapley, V1 has an important role in colour perception. fMRI experimental results showed that V1 has two kinds of colour sensitive neurons: single-opponent and double-opponent cells. These cells are integral in the opponent process of interpreting colour signals. Single-opponent neurons respond to large areas of colour. This is advantageous for recognizing large colour scenes and atmospheres. In comparison, double opponent cells respond to patterns, textures, and colour boundaries.