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RETREATING COLOUR [1 record]

Record 1 1978-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts
OBS

(...) the apparent tendency of the (...) cool colors - the blues and violets - to recede.

Key term(s)
  • retreating colour
  • receding colour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques
OBS

Il existe par ailleurs des couleurs fuyantes, le violet pur (et non le pourpre), le bleu, qui paraissent s'éloigner et qui font prendre à un local ainsi traité une apparence plus grande avec un sentiment de calme, de profondeur.

Spanish

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