Roman wall painting of musculata in color from first century

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The problem with all of these Pompeian wallpaintings is that they are probably rip-offs of Hellenistic masterpieces (the Roman equivalents of the Green Lady, for those who remember her...), and so may not tell you anything about Roman colours, merely how the artists interpreted the Hellenistic original.

Of course comparing say the first image to the statues we have you can see the ripped off the entire idea from earler times. So why would they not have taken the colors also? Also there is a tendency amoung artists to make things look like there own times. To look like what they have seen with their own eyes.

Also the colors match exactly Caligulas statue - Red, Blue and White. [url:16ndu4lh]http://www.romanhideout.com/news/2004/Theguardian20041119.asp[/url]