Pale King's Blue 2 · Vandyke Red

A clear morning sky above a wall of old brick. The blue is thin and high, the red dark and full of body.

Blue and the warm red lie across from one another, so the contrast is true. The blue is very light and the red quite dark, and that wide span of value gives the pair its strength, the sky seeming to lift away from the heavy wall. The red's depth keeps the pale blue from looking weak.