Tag: Paint Colors history
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Colorful Fridays–Basically Black
“A black cat crossing your path signifies that the cat is going somewhere.” Groucho Marx Artists are divided on the use of black in painting. Many artists prefer to mix black from complementary colors believing this mix to have more depth than actual black from a tube. Some artists use no black at all. Rembrandt…
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Colorful Fridays–Healthy, Love Inspiring Yellow
“I really just want to be warm yellow light that pours over everyone I love.” Conor Oberst (from Brainyquote) For generations the cadmiums had a stranglehold on the yellows in paintings. Brighter and cleaner than Indian Yellow and without the green undertones of Gamboge and Aureolin, the cadmiums ruled the world of sunny yellows. As…