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trying to match color ca from the previous day. If the same exact paint is applied<br />

<strong>on</strong> the sec<strong>on</strong>d day of work, the color cb will be <strong>on</strong>e day removed from fading. As<br />

seen in Figure 6.6, the colors will not exactly match (as there is some perceptual<br />

difference ∆E). The l<strong>on</strong>ger the artist waits to match evolving color ca with wet<br />

color cb <strong>on</strong> his/her palette, the more dissimilar the colors will be. As a result, a<br />

color match will be more difficult, as the fresh color will not have been subjected<br />

to the same c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s as the dry color.<br />

Figure 6.6: Left: Visual comparis<strong>on</strong> of Lapis Lazuli in Gouache changing<br />

at each <strong>time</strong> interval. Right: the overall change.<br />

Hence, in order to match a previously painted brushmark, the artist must alter<br />

the pigment mixture of the fresh paint. The logical method would be to save the<br />

paint from the previous sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> alter the mixture slightly to account for the<br />

change. While this may work for some paints (such as oil), many paints have to be<br />

made fresh daily (the working properties of different binding <strong>media</strong> are discussed<br />

in previous chapters). This presents a difficult problem, as not <strong>on</strong>ly does an artist<br />

have to mix a color from scratch to match the previous <strong>on</strong>e, the paint has to be<br />

modified (via changes in the c<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s of pigments) in order to account for<br />

the color changes that have already taken place. Even if the artist has no idea that<br />

the color is changing over <strong>time</strong>, he/she attempts to match what is seen (<strong>and</strong> since<br />

what is seen changes, the match changes).<br />

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For artists, this skill is typically learned based <strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong>e’s familiarity with the

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