A Paint-Loaded Sprinkler Covers Any Space in Rainbows

created at: 08/02/2012

Dutch artist Edwin Deen had an idea. Like, an entirely genius, space program-worthy idea…What would happen if one armed an oscillating sprinkler with a ROY-G-BIV collection of water-based paint? 

And so he built it…and the results are colorfully spectacular.  

The results are surprisingly different in a glossy white room, where the colors are able to mix and blend:

Check out more of the photos and process at Colossal:

A Multi-Colored Sprinkler Paints On-Demand Rainbows