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title: "10 Complementary colors Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 10 Complementary colors quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Complementary colors sayings and thoughts."
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> [I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/i-simply-try-to-put-down-colors-which-render-my-sensation/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/henri-matisse-1641_color_i-simply-try-to-put-down-colors-which-re_2544806.jpg)

> [An artist finds his happiest combination in a play of complementary colors. They are direct contrasts yet do not jar; they awaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-e-burchfield/an-artist-finds-his-happiest-combination-in-a-play-of-complementary/)

[Charles E. Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-e-burchfield/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/865/charles-e-burchfield-53502_art_an-artist-finds-his-happiest-combination_2813391.png)

> [I am always in the hope to express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors - colors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/i-am-always-in-the-hope-to-express-the-love-of-two-lovers-by-a/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d9/vincent-van-gogh-486_color_i-am-always-in-the-hope-to-express-the-l_2964169.jpg)

> [To express a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations of kindred tones...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/to-express-a-marriage-of-two-complementary-colors-their-mingling-and/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/vincent-van-gogh-486_color_to-express-a-marriage-of-two-complementa_3108426.jpg)

> [There are colors which cause each other to shine brilliantly, which form a couple which complete each other like man and woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/there-are-colors-which-cause-each-other-to-shine-brilliantly-which/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/vincent-van-gogh-486_causes_there-are-colors-which-cause-each-other_450237.jpg)

> [My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory, it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/my-choice-of-colors-does-not-rest-on-any-scientific-theory-it-is-2/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/595/henri-matisse-1641_choices_my-choice-of-colors-does-not-rest-on-any_3110078.jpg)

> [What I most cherish is the observation of the movement of colors. Only in this have I found the laws of those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-macke/what-i-most-cherish-is-the-observation-of-the-movement-of-colors-only/)

[August Macke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-macke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/august-macke-73124_born_what-i-most-cherish-is-the-observation-o_2607536.png)

> [There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gelett-burgess/there-is-indeed-no-such-thing-in-life-as-absolute-darkness-one-s-eyes/)

[Gelett Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gelett-burgess/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/gelett-burgess-12916_absolutes_there-is-indeed-no-such-thing-in-life-as_1052981.jpg)

> [My choice of colors does not rest on any scientific theory; it is based on observation, on feeling, on the experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-matisse/my-choice-of-colors-does-not-rest-on-any-scientific-theory-it-is/)

[Henri Matisse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-matisse/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/henri-matisse-1641_artist_my-choice-of-colors-does-not-rest-on-any_1169002.jpg)

> [To express the love of two lovers by a marriage of two complementary colors, their mingling and their opposition, the mysterious vibrations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/to-express-the-love-of-two-lovers-by-a-marriage-of-two-complementary/)

[Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee0/vincent-van-gogh-486_backgrounds_to-express-the-love-of-two-lovers-by-a-m_1699412.jpg)

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