A simple guideline is that bright, clear colors show healthy energy, and dark,
muddy colors show an energy imbalance.
Not exact matches
As research
shows, it's likely because elements such as personal preference, experiences, upbringing, cultural differences, context, etc., often
muddy the effect individual
colors have on us.
The last paintings of Picasso, while distant in spirit from de Kooning's, also
show an increasingly abstract and schematic character, a flattening of space and a sometimes subtle blending or
muddying of
color.»