Cromateca (Stories of color) is an interactive installation that immediately prompts the spectator to become an active subject by inviting them to tell their stories of color and struggles. With a shelf containing five rolls with 30 (thirty) paintings each, this installation aims to shelter the most diverse possible group of stories of individuals that faced and still face harsh realities because of their skin color, as well as make white folks to share their own stories of privilege, racism and even empathy. Here is how it works: each person will be invited to chose a painting that most resembles their skin tone. Then this person will seat at the table and write their own story on the surface of the chosen painting with a permanent marker containing black ink. Here comes the tricky part: the darker the painting, the harder to read it. Emulating a library of colors, Cromateca discusses visually and conceptually the facets of the racism and the processes of invisibility of BIPOC individuals in our society. On the shelf, everyone will be able to share their story and have access to the stories of others, creating a system of visibility and integration. The canvases, of 35 x 35cm (14 x 14in) will be painted with acrylic painting and will be organized in the shelf rolls as chromatic gradations.