Colour booklet

colourand saturated. The further towards the horizon we focus our gaze, the lighter and moreunsaturated the blue will be. The contrast in brightness in clouds immediately above usas a result of the effect of light and shadow will consequently be greater than thecontrast of similar clouds further away. Accordingly in the illustration we see thecontrast in brightness, saturation and the colour temperature of the sky reducingtowards the horizon.In the last examples the colours in a still-life are constructed step by step in such a waythat each object is given its place in space. We do this in three stages.Ill. 47The painting lacks any suggestionof space. The red backgrounddominates all other forms and theground seems to be upright. Thecolourless grey bottle disappearsinto the background and the greenfruit cannot compete with the riotof colour around them.[ 47]pagen 31