3.4. Colour

colour (U)

e. g. He has a wonderful sense of colour. He uses colour very effectively.

colour (C)

e. g. Green was a colour that Turner particularly disliked. The painter uses cool colours - bluish-greens, blues and violets - for the shadows, and warm colours, that is, those where yellows predominate, for the fully-lit areas.

primary colours основные цвета (red, blue and yellow)

the play of colours

a riot of colour(s) изобилие, богатство красок

to combine form and colour into harmonious unity

brilliant/low-keyed colour scheme, the colour scheme where ... predominates

the colours may be cool and restful / hot and agitated / soft and delicate / dull, oppressive, harsh, light - dark, bright - pale, brilliant, intense, luminous, strong, pastel, subdued, warm

The three attributes of chromatic colour are: 1) brilliance, or its degree of correspondence to the greys as they move from low, that is from black, which has zero brilliance, to high, that is white, which has the greatest brilliance; 2) hue, or its susceptibility of being classed as red, yellow, blue, or the like; 3) saturation, or its distinctness or vividness of hue.

colouring - the way in which an artist uses colour

e. g. The delicate colouring of this picture is typical of his later works.

restrained in colouring, muted in colour

subtle/gaudy/fierce colouring

colourist

e. g. Turner is a superb colourist.

intensity яркость, глубина ( красок)

Shade as a countable noun refers to degree or intensity of colour (oттенок)

Tint may be a synonym of shade. However, it is used especially with reference to pale and delicate shades.

e. g. Renoir excelled at flesh tints.

Tinge is a slight shade of colour, especially one modifying the basic colour.

e. g. The sky is grey with a tinge of pink.

tinge (v)

e. g. The sky is tinged with pink.

Tone may also be used in the sense of shade. However, it also has a slightly different sense: the prevailing effect of the combination of light and shade and of the general scheme of colouring.

e. g. This unaffected work is rich and poetic in tone.

Hue is used occasionally to mean a colour or shade of colour, mainly in poetic language, although sometimes simply for stylistic variety in formal situations.

3.5. Light and shade

chiaroscuro n итал. распределение светотени (cf. light and shade)

e. g. Rembrandt derived his principles of painting from Italian chiaroscuro in which concrete forms appear bathed in magic glow, and ethereal rays penetrate through space, making forms stand out in the dark.

a diffused light

highlights самая светлая часть картины

value сочетание света и тени в картине

e. g. Velasquez loved grey and silvery tints and understood relative values perfectly. He had caught the values of various kinds of lights.

out of value слишком светлое или слишком темное

3.6. Line(work)

e. g. He has a good sense of line. The linework is brilliant.

3.7. BRUSHWORK (живописная манера, манера письма)

brush

the brush искусство художника

products (productions) of his brush

e. g. The subjects for his brush are all around him. Life around me cries for the brush.

brushstroke мазок

stroke штрих, мазок, черта

finishing strokes; to portray with a few strokes