269

other.

OF PAINTING.

The surface of every opaque body assumes the hues reflected from surrounding objects.

The surface of an opaque body assumes the hues of surrounding objects more strongly in proportion as the rays that form the images of those objects strike the surface at more equal angles.

And the surface of an opaque body assumes a stronger hue from the surrounding objects in proportion as that surface is whiter and the colour of the object brighter or more highly illuminated.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

IV * VI
Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
V: Theory of colours.
other.
263,
264,
265,
266,
267,
268,
269,
270,
271
Combination of different colours in cast shadows.
272
The effect of colours in the camera obscura.
273,
274
On the colours of derived shadows.
275,
276
On the nature of colours.
277,
278
On gradations in the depth of colours.
279,
280
On the reflection of colours.
281,
282,
283
On the use of dark and light colours in painting.
284,
285,
286
On the colours of the rainbow.
287,
288
. . .