Palette
Example 308
★There are hundreds of traditional pigments, from lampblack to burnt sienna, so we will confine ourselves to just two:
"Palette"
The Atelier is a room. "The floridly untidy loft space used by a moderately unsuccessful artist (you, that is)." The canvas, palette and paint brush are here. Understand "painting" as the canvas.
Colour is a kind of value. The colours are white, red, blue and green.
The canvas has a colour. The canvas is white. The printed name of the canvas is "largely [colour] canvas".
Painting is an action applying to one thing and one colour. Check painting: if the noun is not the canvas, say "Centuries of tradition suggest that canvas is the natural home of paint." instead. Carry out painting: now the colour of the canvas is the colour understood. Report painting: say "You splash away at the now [canvas]."
Understand "paint [something] [a colour]" as painting.
Understand "calico" as white. Understand "cerulean" or "cerulean blue" as blue.
Test me with "examine canvas / paint canvas red / examine canvas / paint canvas cerulean / examine canvas".
Test me with "examine canvas / paint canvas red / examine canvas / paint canvas cerulean / examine canvas".
Atelier
The floridly untidy loft space used by a moderately unsuccessful artist (you, that is).
You can see a largely white canvas, palette and paint brush here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely white canvas.
>[2] paint canvas red
You splash away at the now largely red canvas.
>[3] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely red canvas.
>[4] paint canvas cerulean
You splash away at the now largely blue canvas.
>[5] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely blue canvas.
The floridly untidy loft space used by a moderately unsuccessful artist (you, that is).
You can see a largely white canvas, palette and paint brush here.
>(Testing.)
>[1] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely white canvas.
>[2] paint canvas red
You splash away at the now largely red canvas.
>[3] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely red canvas.
>[4] paint canvas cerulean
You splash away at the now largely blue canvas.
>[5] examine canvas
You see nothing special about the largely blue canvas.