Dark-light contrast is essential for color to shine; without a beautiful pattern of darks and lights, the colors will always seem muddy and cannot have inner light.

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• The exact color proportions were crucial; even minor changes would destroy the inner lightclaim0.817
  Once the 57:40:3 combination was discovered, it hinged on absolutely correct proportion; any deviation ruined the feeling.
• Intensity and clarity of individual color arise from both an inherent quality and the support of the whole; making each color shine beautifully forces all colors into harmony.claim0.808
• Inner light is objectively present in some colored things and absent in others, and can be discerned through direct comparison.claim0.795
• Inner light is the color quality which arises as something comes to life, and as it approaches and reveals the I.quote0.785
• Color variation (roughness) brings color to life by preventing flatness; the interaction of slightly different hues creates a shimmering unity.claim0.785
• The rule of hierarchy of color areas is almost universally followed in things with inner light; equal areas of several colors almost never occur in such works.claim0.782
• Subdued brilliance creates the calm, not-separate quality of inner light, preventing any one color from dominating and allowing the whole to melt together.claim0.776
• Color is a necessary part of living structure and a necessary part of the harmonious adaptation in the world.claim0.772
  Foundational assertion about the role of color in wholeness.