CMYK - A world of Colour - The Chromatic Typewriter

This is an unusual use of colour.

Tyree Callahan a Washington-based artist modified a 1937 Underwood Standard typewriter, replacing the letters and keys with colour pads and hued labels to create a functional “painting” device called the Chromatic Typewriter.

I don’t know how practical painting with a colour typewriter is but Callahan submitted this beautiful typewriter as part of the 2012 West Prize competition, an annual art prize that’s determined by popular vote.

I wonder if it could use printer ink as a ‘painting’ medium. 

Acknowledgements to Design Collector for the information and images.