“There is no climate, no place, and scarcely an hour, in which nature does not exhibit color which no mortal effort can imitate or approach. For all our artificial pigments are, even when seen under the same circumstances, dead and lightless beside her living color; nature exhibits her hues under an intensity of sunlight which trebles their brilliancy.” DoeNatureHoursEffortColorCircumstancesApproachClimateMortalsIntensityArtificialSunlightExhibitsHuePigmentLiving Color Book:Modern Painters ...: pt. 1-2. Of general principles, and Of truth. 5th ed Source: Modern Painters ...: pt. 1-2. Of general principles, and Of truth. 5th ed
“I knew exactly what I was, and there was no hang-up with me. None whatsoever. The fact that the pigment of my skin maybe being lighter brown than other people of my race, maybe some of them, but you know our race has all colors.” PeopleKnowsFactsRaceColorSkinsBrownLightersHang UpsPigment Author:Billy Eckstine