WHYEVER?Hues in Tubes… and how they made a name for themselves Unlike the pastels in the beautiful Roché little wooden trays, which bear names such as vert feuille morte, vert saule, vert algue, vert rainette and vert perruche (Dead Leaf Green, Willow Green, Algae Green, Tree Frog Green or even Budgie Green), there are but few paints that are named after the…
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The unnamable colours we need to name
WHYEVER? Hues in Tubes… and how they made a name for themselves I mixed on a glass palette, colours that went beyond Windsor and Isaac Newton—nameless colours…Derek Jarman, Chroma At last, and whatever the binder we have chosen… we… have… PAINT! We could use it all now, if we were greedy, but perhaps not that exciting…
in bed with mona lisa 