Paintings can just be something a person likes to look at. I prefer paintings that are realistic-looking. The more they resemble a photograph, the better. I prefer paintings that are different-looking. If they're realistic, I might as well be looking at a photograph.
Every color has a wide range of shades.
Take the color blue, for example. An artist can use a bright, vibrant shade like a royal blue, a pale, muted shade like a light blue, or a darker tone like midnight blue. Some paintings are of famous, historical people and others are of more ordinary people. The next stage of the project was expanded market research. People in more than a dozen countries around the globe were polled, and the artists created a Most Wanted and Least Wanted painting for each country.