#4: Color Should Feel Like a Mood, Not Just a Palette
Every color communicates an emotional message, thereby giving the painter an elevated sense of power in telling a story, transcending figures and accessing something that only the body can feel. As a result, Raphael’s reds seemed to smolder, his blues cooled and soothed, and his backgrounds faded like a distant memory. Raphael didn’t just paint with color—he composed with it, like a symphony in oil. (The Sistine Madonna, 1512)
