Local color (visual art)

Local color, local color also is in the painting of their own, single color tone of an article in its original, unbroken purity.

The local color is not affected by the modeling or shading. The object color, so the color of the object is transferred to the image. The transforming, so absorbing or lifting effect in the overall tone or the appropriate approximation does not apply to the local object, it will be painted separately or remixed. Light-dark gradations usually severe plastic model effects, the so-called body illusion. The late medieval painting often combine the local color and icon colors.

In contrast to the local color appearance color refers to the color reflections of the surroundings with. For example, if in a white vase on a blue tablecloth the dark side gets a blue glow. The overall tone of an image, the term room color.

In the example image, the objects and people appear in their "natural " color: the sky is blue, the leather-bound book in the lower right corner of the image has a brown cover. The sample image is kept in local colors. A symbolic content, as in the red cape remains unaffected.

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