A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci
1721
Senex and Taylor, London
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All Colours are more beautiful in their Enlighten'd, than in their Shadow'd parts; the Reason is, because Light shows the Species and the Qualities of Colours, whereas Shadow obscures them, puts out their Natural Beauty, and hinders them from appearing what they are: If you object that Black is the most beautiful in its Shadow, the Answer is very easy, for Black is no Colour.