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Painting White Flowers in Watercolour

No colour in nature is pure white but may be subtly warm or cool or even have the very softest hue. White can contain colours reflected from surrounding leaves, stamen or other plants. The white of the paper is the white colour of the flower and a more distinct shadow coloured edge is applied to accentuate the white of the flower. Think of your white as a

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