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A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London


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LDE T0244   CID146  What Colours most liable to Change

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Among Colours which are not Blue, that which comes the nearest Black, will participate the most of Azure at a distance; and on the contrary, that Colour will best preserve its self at a distance, which has the least conformity with Black: It follows therefore, that the Verdure of Fields will sooner transform it self into Azure, than White or Yellow; and for the same reason, White and Yellow will change less than Red and Violet.