Colors blend and mingle depending on how the light hits them. Francesco's The Flagellation is a good example of multiplicity. The light seems to be streaming in from everywhere and each figure is distinct from each other and the background. The colors are bright and vivid. Unity Rembrandt's The Night Watch , on the other hand, has unity because of the one light source which creates shadows and shadings.
Figures blend into each other as do the colors.
The main difference in colors are in terms of shadings rather than hues. Although the focal point of the painting is the figure with the red sash in the foreground, everything sweeps back from this central figure, becoming less and less distinct as the light fades. Summary Wolflin's most extensive work was done by contrasting the paintings of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. This is why the paintings I have chosen to illustrate the four pairs of design elements can often be substituted for each other as examples. Most Renaissance paintings tended to be linear, planar, closed form, and multiplicitous.