Colour Quote by Walter J. Phillips

Painting is something that takes place among the colors.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

Consider paint a film of light reflecting/absorbing material, and a colored paint a material which gives a particular, characteristic transmission of light via differential…

— Jo Baer

The mind of the painter must resemble a mirror, which always takes the colour of the object it reflects and is completely occupied by…

— Leonardo da Vinci

Painting is drawing, with the additional means of color.

— John French Sloan

Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about. There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as…

— Roy Lichtenstein

Drawing and color are not separate at all; in so far as you paint, you draw. The more color harmonizes, the more exact the…

— Paul Cezanne

“Before you paint someone poorly, check the brush — it may be carrying the colors of your own reflection.”

— Charmaine J Forde

When realistic images or patterns are seen in an abstract painting, they are often parallels brought about by processes in painting which echo processes…

— Walter Darby Bannard

You can never judge a paint hue by the liquid color in the paint pot. You must apply it to a wall, wait for…

— Dorothy Draper

There is a logic of colors, and it is with this alone, and not with the logic of the brain, that the painter should…

— Paul Cezanne

Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.

— Roy Lichtenstein

Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon – it is the very heart of painting. Repeated experiments with adjacent colors will show…

— Josef Albers