The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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colours.  
Of the transparency of leaves (427-429).  
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27.  
The shadows in transparent leaves seen from the under side are the  
same shadows as there are on the right side of this leaf, they will  
show through to the underside together with lights, but the lustre  
[reflected light] can never show through.  
4
28.  
When one green has another [green] behind it, the lustre on the  
leaves and their transparent [lights] show more strongly than in  
those which are [seen] against the brightness of the atmosphere.  
And if the sun illuminates the leaves without their coming between  
it and the eye and without the eye facing the sun, then the  
reflected lights and the transparent lights are very strong.  
It is very effective to show some branches which are low down and  
dark and so set off the illuminated greens which are at some  
distance from the dark greens seen below. That part is darkest which  
is nearest to the eye or which is farthest from the luminous  
atmosphere.  
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