The Cultural Tutor on X: "Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were originally painted in vibrant colours. To them, a plain marble statue would look unfinished... https://t.co/Am2OpwMvaX" / X
![Nope, It's Not a Marvel Comic. It's Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Global Toy News Nope, It's Not a Marvel Comic. It's Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Global Toy News](https://i0.wp.com/globaltoynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Screen-Shot-2022-07-22-at-1.04.24-PM.png?resize=722%2C288&ssl=1)
Nope, It's Not a Marvel Comic. It's Ancient Greek Sculpture in Color at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Global Toy News
![Ostia Antica HISTORY on X: "The majority of Greek and Roman marble sculpture was painted. Based on examination of “paint ghosts” on the original statues, traces of paint detectable with ultraviolet lights Ostia Antica HISTORY on X: "The majority of Greek and Roman marble sculpture was painted. Based on examination of “paint ghosts” on the original statues, traces of paint detectable with ultraviolet lights](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DpmirzHW4AUvJq8.jpg)
Ostia Antica HISTORY on X: "The majority of Greek and Roman marble sculpture was painted. Based on examination of “paint ghosts” on the original statues, traces of paint detectable with ultraviolet lights
![Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck](https://i.redd.it/kskodhus5x071.png)
Ancient greek and roman statues were actually paintend with bright colors but the paint fade with time. : r/interestingasfuck
![Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization's ties to whiteness - The Globe and Mail Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization's ties to whiteness - The Globe and Mail](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tgam/DBJYKJMB3NATBIAWGR465XD4HY.jpg)
Colourful Greek statue at the ROM questions Western civilization's ties to whiteness - The Globe and Mail
If ancient Greek statues and sculptures were in fact fully painted in vivid and contrasting colors, why was the whiteness of the marble extracted for this purpose so highly valued? - Quora
![An Ancient Greek statue and its painted replica, showing the colors that once adorned a group intentionally hidden in a pit (OC, Info in comments) [2848x 4272] : r/ArtefactPorn An Ancient Greek statue and its painted replica, showing the colors that once adorned a group intentionally hidden in a pit (OC, Info in comments) [2848x 4272] : r/ArtefactPorn](https://i.imgur.com/R4MWZRe.jpg)