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Craft and StructureHardTwo views on a painter's colours

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Text 1 The painter's late works are drab; the bright palette of her youth has faded to browns and greys. Text 2 The late canvases have darkened because the varnish she used yellows with age. Cleaned, as three of them have been, they are as bright as anything she painted at twenty.

Which choice best describes the relationship between the texts?

  1. A. Text 2 attributes the dullness Text 1 describes to the varnish rather than to the painter's choices.Correct
  2. B. Text 2 agrees that the painter chose duller colours in later life.
  3. C. Text 2 denies that the late works look dark.
  4. D. Text 2 argues that the early works were drab too.

Answer: A. Text 2 attributes the dullness Text 1 describes to the varnish rather than to the painter's choices.

The varnish, not the palette.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Text 2 agrees that the painter chose duller colours in later life.
Text 2 says the colours are bright underneath.
C. Text 2 denies that the late works look dark.
Text 2 accepts they have darkened.
D. Text 2 argues that the early works were drab too.
No such claim.

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