"The problem is that our eyes are not good at seeing the local of low chroma colors, specifically. That is, they cannot, with assurance, in general, distinguish a neutralized orange (which they will read as too yellow) a neutralized yellow (which they will see too green) or a neutralized orange-red (which they will think is a purple) As a result, many painters overcompensate adding too much yellow, too much green or purple, and justify it in the name of impressionism, even though its a lack of understanding. ("I am, after all, a modern painter," is a common retort) Or, when found, they paint with a generic flesh tone. Not understanding the locals is why flesh painting is so difficult."
Graydon Parrish
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Thanks for posting this, very interesting! Never thought of it this way but maybe that explains why Old Masters could paint 'live' faces so well, and a lot of modern artist can't.
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Is a quote of Graydon Parrish, a terrific contemporary painter.
Additionally, publicity, TV and photography, makes us believe than skin is a lot more orange and saturated than it is; for that reason, a lot of painters tend to put a lot of chroma in it, making it look unrealistic or at least "plastic".
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