Color Rendering Quotes

It is with color that you render light, though you must also feel this light, have it within yourself.

Light is a thing that cannot be reproduced, but must be represented by something else - by color.

The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.

Color tends to corrupt photography and absolute color corrupts it absolutely. Consider the way color film usually renders blue sky, green foliage, lipstick red, and the kiddies' playsuit. These are four simple words which must be whispered: color photography is vulgar.

Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen.

How do you see those tree?... They are yellow. Well then put down yellow. And that shadow is rather blue. So render it with pure ultramarine. Those red leaves? Use vermillion.

I simply try to put down colors which render my sensation

Daylight reveals color; artificial light drains it.

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera.

I'm not interested in pleasing color; I'm interested in exact color.