For example I mention bottle green, lime, and olive, but I call the landscape monotonous because it is all one color: green.
Is that logical or am I contradicting myself?
I think the word you’re looking for is "monochrome". Monotonous is more of an opinion. If you think something is monotonous it means that it’s the same thing over and over again (i.e. boring). Monochrome means one color, and to answer your question, I wouldn’t consider a landscape with different colors of green to be monochrome or monotonous… but it’s all up for debate.
I think the word you’re looking for is "monochrome". Monotonous is more of an opinion. If you think something is monotonous it means that it’s the same thing over and over again (i.e. boring). Monochrome means one color, and to answer your question, I wouldn’t consider a landscape with different colors of green to be monochrome or monotonous… but it’s all up for debate.
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A monochrome landscape painting does not have to be boring. I have watercolored landscapes in shades of grey and it was interesting. Have you ever seen black and white landscape photos done by Ansel Adams? Instead of using several shades of green, which might turn out a bit busy, why not consider multiple vales of one color such as olive? Use white, pale olive, mid olives shades and a very dark olive. Sepia can also be used and can produce exciting results for a landscape.
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