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Deep color - a color that has a high degree of saturation and low lightness. Deep colors typically have little white mixed in them.
 
 

Philosopher

with an Open Book, 1625-7

Vermillion Pastoral II

 
 
 
 
Diptych - a painting done on two separate canvases or panels hinged together.
 
 

Diptych of Two Shabbily Painted Doors

Spirals

 
 
 
 
Distortion - changing the way an object looks, exaggerating a shape's normal image by stretching or changing to make it more interesting or to emphasize the image or express the artist's feelings.
 
 

Distorted Image

of a Bicycle

Abstract Distorted Net