A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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A Colour will never appear uniform and equal in all its parts, unless it terminate on a Ground of the same Colour: This is visible in Black, when found on a White Ground; each Colour in that case, appearing stronger towards its extremes, than its middle, by reason of the foil and opposition of its contrary.