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The Colour of Black — Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
As anyone who has ever painted skin will know - it is not white, and it is not black. Lucien Freud observed and examined the complexion of the English Rose, painting the skin with a palette of blues, pinks, yellows and greens. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye paints black skin similarly - using oranges, blues, yellows and red; she paints it with the…