{"collection":"aor","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/aor/dv/0285.htm","path":"aor/dv/0285.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/aor/dv/0285.htm","text":"The Da Vinci Notebooks\nAn object represented in white and black will display stronger relief than in any other way; hence I would remind you O Painter! to dress your figures in the lightest colours you can, since, if you put them in dark colours, they will be in too slight relief and inconspicuous from a distance. And the reason is that the shadows of all objects are dark. And if you make a dress dark there is little variety in the lights and shadows, while in light colours there are many grades.","title":"Vol. I: V. Theory of Colours: 285.","type":"page"}