“Subtle astral colors... are hidden in everything around you. Could you but see, you would be amazed at their beauty.” Would BeColorSubtleAmazed Book:Self-realization Magazine Source: Self-realization Magazine
“Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become highly significant and are strongly felt.” ForceFeltDifferencesPowerfulColorAmountSignificantIntensePsychologicalColourSubtle Author:John Paul Caponigro
“Violence, passion, indignation, loyalty, integrity, incorruptibility, shameless egoism, generosity, excitability, energy, a hundred horse-power drive - none of it very subtle: Ethel [Smyth] didn't deal in pastel shades, she went for the stronger colors, the blood-red, anything deep and pumping out of the arteries of the heart.” HeartPassionEnergyDealsViolenceBloodColorPersonalityIntegrityHundredRedHorseStrongerLoyaltyGenerositySubtleShadeEgoismIndignationShamelessArteriesPastel Author:Vita Sackville-West
“Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement-mixer long after one's own interest in the topic has waned.” ChildrenLongInterestColorMoodSubtlePersistTopicsDiscussingCementInsensitive Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustnt be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.” ShouldSidesExampleColorPersonalityBalanceShould HaveFishesSubtlePlatesDishesOverwhelmedSkatesSide Dishes Author:Geoffrey Zakarian
“Colors do not exist separately and independently within nature; they are constantly shifting in response to subtle gradations of light. It is language that, magnificently, gives them clear shape.” GivingLightLanguageClearColorShapesResponseSubtleShifting Author:Kenya Hara
“There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors... it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.” LightJobsSpeakLanguageColorShadowInfiniteLifetimeSubtleLight And Shadow Author:Conrad Hall
“Painting as it is now promises to become more subtle - more like music and less like sculpture - and above all it promises color. If only it keeps this promise.” IfsArtColorPaintingPromiseSubtleSculpture Book:Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Vincent van Gogh (Illustrated)
“My suggestion for a fast style upgrade would be to embrace a pop of color or pattern. Try layering a bright, pullover knit on top of a dress shirt with a subtle or bold pattern.” TryingWould BeStyleColorDressesEmbracePatternsPopsShirtsSubtleSuggestionsPops Of Color Author:Cam Newton
“The whole switch from film to digital has changed some of the ways I use color and the juxtaposition of light and dark. It's getting better with digital, the separation's gotten better, but I still feel like it's really flatter than film, so I do a lot of screening and subtle textural printing and painting on clothes for film to get it not to look flat.” WayFeelsLooksStillsWholeUseLightFilmDarkChangedColorPaintingClothesSeparationGet BetterSubtleDigitalFlatsPrintingScreeningLight And DarkJuxtaposition Author:Colleen Atwood