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color
Also known as: value
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property of colour
- In colour: The nature of colour
… or tone) refers to relative purity. When a pure, vivid, strong shade of red is mixed with a variable amount of white, weaker or paler reds are produced, each having the same hue but a different saturation. These paler colours are called unsaturated colours. Finally, light of any given combination…
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sculpture
- In sculpture: Elements of design
…the painter, who creates light effects within the work, the sculptor manipulates actual light on the work. The distribution of light and shade over the forms of his or her work depends upon the direction and intensity of light from external sources. Nevertheless, to some extent he or she can…
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