There's an old song by Harry Chapin that goes:
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun,
So many colors in the flower
and I see every one"
I feel like that. So many colors, and I don't want to have to choose just one!
Even when we look at something like an orange. If I just draw an orange colored circle on the page, it would just look like a big polka dot! You have to add some red, and maybe some burnt umber and then a bit of a sunny yellow and may be even a touch of blue to make it LOOK like an orange.
What do you think? Can you imagine a world where every thing was just crayon box flat colors with no mixing allowed? I don't think it would very fun. There'd be no place for subtle variations, or gradations of tone. Hum...something to think about...
cheers! SB
"There are so many colors in the rainbow
So many colors in the morning sun,
So many colors in the flower
and I see every one"
I feel like that. So many colors, and I don't want to have to choose just one!
Even when we look at something like an orange. If I just draw an orange colored circle on the page, it would just look like a big polka dot! You have to add some red, and maybe some burnt umber and then a bit of a sunny yellow and may be even a touch of blue to make it LOOK like an orange.
What do you think? Can you imagine a world where every thing was just crayon box flat colors with no mixing allowed? I don't think it would very fun. There'd be no place for subtle variations, or gradations of tone. Hum...something to think about...
cheers! SB
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