"[W]hen a white object is seen in the open air... shadows are blue... in accordance with the fourth proposition—'the surface of every opaque body partakes of the colour of surrounding objects.' ...that part which is not exposed to the sun remains in shadow, and only partakes of the colour of the atmosphere. And if this white object should neither reflect the green of the fields which stretch out to the horizon nor... face the brightness of the horizon itself, it would undoubtedly appear of such simple colour as the atmosphere showed itself to be."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Painting (F 75 r.) p. 229.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Colors
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Colors
97 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Colors →
Related Quotes
"[T]he increase in amount of color... visually reduces distance. ...[I]t often produces nearness -- meaning intimacy -…"
"There, for the price of just two sous, I found crépons and rice papers in astonishing colours. I covered the walls of…"
"[Color effects] are never absolute but are relative to the total situation..."
"[P]ure light, such as that from the sun has no color, but is made colored by its degradation when interacting with ob…"
"[L]ight ...is the colour of the transparent medium contingently determined; for when anything of the nature of fire i…"
"Colour has a logic as exact as that of form. One must not give up before capturing that first impression."
"When Michael saw this host, he first grew pale, As angels can; next like Italian twilight, He turned all colours—as a…"
"From the mingled strength of shade and light A new creation rises to my sight, Such heav'nly figures from his pencil …"
"Once a pallid vestal doubted truth in blue; Listed red as ruin, Harried every hue;Barracaded vision, garbed herself i…"
"The colors of my life Are bountiful and bold, The purple glow of indigo, The gleam of green and gold. The splendor of…"