Under the Occupation, as Braque continued to explore both the Vanitas and other potential Christian themes, his colors grew increasingly darker, to browns and black, reflecting the growing gloom of Paris.

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Colors are bright and saturated while darker areas are deep and almost light-absorbing -- perhaps unnaturally so.

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Darks are a little darker on the second-gen model, and colors are just a bit more saturated, too.

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While many argue that even his more serious works lack real depth -- "He tends to see the world in primary colors rather than light and shade, " says Brooks, "Which is why his recent, darker movies don't quite come off, " -- even Spielberg's fiercest critics acknowledge his enormous, era-defining contribution to the cinematic art.

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