The Colour of Feeling is a series of 5 video artworks by Thomas Lisle. The works in the collection are reflections on psychological, environmental and philosophical ideas that inspire Lisle, combined with the ideas and techniques about the future of painting in the digital realm. The animations are attempts to make animated digital paintings which have visual dynamism, beauty and energy. Each piece can be seen as a representation of a psychological 'complex'; the easiest way to describe a 'complex' is a 'structure of the psyche that gathers together similar feeling-toned elements'.

"These animations are inspired by forces and ideas that can be found in nature and our psyche, with a central theme of finding balance and equilibrium. I see the autographic, the hand-making marks and drawing as central to my work. Using digital 3D paint strokes to expand the boundaries of what a paint stroke is capable of. I use 3D paint strokes as the basis for gas, liquid and particle simulations to make digital visual time-based equivalents to traditional abstract painting, a kind of digital painting for the 21st century.