Information and IdeasVery hardInference about a painter's studio
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The painter's studio faced north, and its one window was fitted with frosted glass. Visitors complained that the room was dim. But the painter's canvases, when they left the studio, held their colours unchanged in any gallery, whereas painters who worked in bright, sunlit studios often found their pictures looking garish elsewhere. The painter, it seems, had chosen the dim light ____
Which choice most logically completes the text?
- A. because it was steady and neutral, so that colours judged in the studio would look the same anywhere.Correct
- B. to save on the cost of windows.
- C. because he preferred painting in the dark.
- D. to discourage visitors.
Answer: A. because it was steady and neutral, so that colours judged in the studio would look the same anywhere.
Steady north light, colours that travel.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. to save on the cost of windows.
- Cost is not mentioned.
- C. because he preferred painting in the dark.
- Dim is not dark, and the reason given is colour.
- D. to discourage visitors.
- Visitors' complaints are incidental.
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