The Third Dimension 2
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Strong primary colours, especially warm colours, tend to ‘come forward’ in a
painting. As do strong contrasts. Cool, neutral colours tend to recede. A
common device to create the illusion of depth in a painting therefore, is to keep
strong warm colours and high contrast in the foreground and paint distant
objects in cool, muted tones. Here's an example by Carlos de Haes
painting. As do strong contrasts. Cool, neutral colours tend to recede. A
common device to create the illusion of depth in a painting therefore, is to keep
strong warm colours and high contrast in the foreground and paint distant
objects in cool, muted tones. Here's an example by Carlos de Haes
So, if the objective is ‘flatten’ the apparent depth of
illustrated in this painting by Matisse.
illustrated in this painting by Matisse.
