Colors

Color: 1.the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue.2.a phenomenon of light or visual perception that enables one to differentiate otherwise identical objects.3.the natural appearance of the skin, especially of the face; complexion.

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again." Josef Albers 

Original

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." Rabindranath Tagore

Black & White

"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." John Burroughs

"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft." Henri Matisse

 

Coloration

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"It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block." Paul Gauguin

"Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No." Pablo Picasso

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment." Claude Monet

"In my photography, color and composition are inseparable. I see in color." William Albert Allard

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Synonyms: blush, cast, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, pigmentation, polychromasia, saturation, stain, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash, adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate