Colour
The colours used in this painting are specific; these are to give the painting a rhythm and an emotional touch. The specific colours such as lavender, yellowish shades, grey, gold, black and lastly green. The lavender colour symbolizes grace and elegance; the yellowish shade represents warmth, confidence, signifies nature and overcoming challenges through unconditional love; grey connotes self-confidence and passion; gold betokens royalty, wealth, and opulence; and lastly green depicts living willfully, eternity, family, harmony, and stability. One can see that there is a tonal range from light to dark. They are not that complementary, they are analogous, demonstrating naturalism. There is no such thing as primary colours or monochrome.
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