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local color - The true color of an object or a surface as seen in typical daylight, rather than its color as seen through atmosphere or interpreted by the taste or imagination of the artist.

 


Local color: As the dominant element of the painting, local color refers to the true color of subjects, e.g. green grass or blue sky.

LOCAL COLOR
The actual color of an object or surface, unaffected by shadow coloring, light quality or other factors. Return to top
LOOM STATE ...

Local color: an objects true color; the actual color as distinguished from the apparent color of objects and surfaces; true color, without shadows or reflections.

Local Color: The actual color of an object being painted, unmodified by light or shadow. (An orange is orange) ...

local color As opposed to optical or perceptual color, the actual hue of a thing, independent of the ways in which different conditions of light and atmosphere might affect it.

local color The actual color as distinguished from the apparent color of objects and surfaces; true color, without shadows or reflections.

local color - The actual color of a form or object, uninfluenced by the effects of light or reflected color.

Late 19th- and early 20th-century Western art is characterized by bold rejections of naturalism and the depiction of local color.

Sohlberg believed that, along with the unique construction of the Nordic landscape, local color ought to result in a style of its own. Experience and interpretation of nature determined the choice of colors.

local color - color of an object unadulterated by accidental influences, as of reflection, shadow, etc.
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See also: Painting, Sculpture, Composition, Perspective, Plate

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