A Treatise on Painting/Chapter 239

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A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud

Of Colours

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4011020A Treatise on Painting — Of ColoursJohn Francis RigaudLeonardo da Vinci

Chap. CCXXXIX.—Of Colours.

The colour which is between the light and the shadow will not be so beautiful as that which is in the full light. Therefore the chief beauty of colours will be found in the principal lights^[1].

↑ See chap. ccxxxviii.

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[1] See chap. ccxxxviii.

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