Color truth

[Timothy C. Tyler]

Painters must come to the place where they can read color (values, intensity, and hue) at once. Perhaps, it helps to try to analize these aspects seperately - I can't remember ever doing that. When I see a color (before me, life painting) I see all aspects at once. My eye and mind read it all.

It's not unlike saying, "when you want to recognize a human being, you should consider the shape of the head, the hair color, the height, the skin color, the posture, the details of the features etc." None of us do that step by step. We consider all parts at once. Reading color is like that too. Doing this takes practice so that you can translate what you see to the world of pigment in your mind.