Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle which regulates both the great and the little in the study of a painter.
Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing?
For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.
The point is to know how to use the colours, the choice of which is, when all's said and done, a matter of habit.
Color must be thought, imagined, dreamed.
The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur.
Color is everything. When color is right, form is right.
Not only can color, which is under fixed laws, be taught like music, but it is easier to learn than drawing, whose elaborate principles cannot be taught.
I've always felt that color is intrinsically personal. It evokes a tremendous amount of emotion. If there's a color you respond to, that's something you can incorporate into your home. No one can tell you it's wrong.
I make pink look pretty damn good.
I've got a great eye for color. I'm like a chick.
Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.
My favorite name for a color is "puce." It's kind of a dried blood color. It's a hideous color. But I love the word. It's so euphonic. But my favorite colors are lavender, purple, periwinkle blue, and white.
Independent of harmony rules, any color 'goes' or 'works' with any other color, presupposing that their quantities are appropriate.
