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Slowly, one by one, he selected the colours.

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Blue inclines to a false green by candle light:

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if it is dark, like cobalt or indigo, it turns black; if it is bright, it turns grey;

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if it is soft, like turquoise, it grows feeble and faded.

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Iron grey always frowns and is heavy;

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pearl grey loses its blue and changes to a muddy white; brown is lifeless and cold;

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AS FOR DEEP GREEN, SUCH AS EMPEROR OR MYRTLE,

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it has the same properties as blue and merges into black.

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THERE REMAINED, THEN, THE PALER GREENS,

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such as peacock, cinnabar or lacquer,

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BUT THE LIGHT BANISHES THEIR BLUES AND BRINGS OUT THEIR YELLOWS

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in tones that have a false and undecided quality.

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These colours disposed of, only three remained: red, orange, yellow.

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IGNORING THE BOURGEOISIE,

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whose eyes are insensible to the pomp and splendor of strong, vibrant tones;

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and devoting himself only to people with sensitive pupils,

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refined by literature and art,

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he was convinced that the eyes of those among them

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who dream of the ideal and demand illusions

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are generally caressed by blue and its derivatives,

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MAUVE, LILAC AND PEARL GREY,

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provided always that these colours remain soft

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and do not overstep the bounds where they lose their- personalities

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by being transformed into pure violets and frank greys.