A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of Uniformity and Variety of Colours upon plain Surfaces
4014109A Treatise on Painting — Of Uniformity and Variety of Colours upon plain SurfacesJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCLXVII.Of Uniformity and Variety of Colours upon plain Surfaces.

The back-grounds of any flat surfaces which are uniform in colour and quantity of light, will never appear separated from each other; vice versâ, they will appear separated if they are of different colours or lights.