Umber is a conundrum, a rusty riddle of a colour. A cross between the deep ... paintbox of art history and the dramatic chiaroscuro of Caravaggio’s canvases and the meditativeness of Rothko ...

A painter’s essential tools are color and light, but Caravaggio uses both with extreme restraint. His limited palette, made up only of the red of Ursula’s cloak and the Hun’s sleeves ...

Dark Horse, $19.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-50670-339-8 This remarkably lovely comic covers the first part of the turbulent career of 17th-century artist Caravaggio, who was known for his dramatic mastery ...