> All we had was words and paintings. If by "painting" you also mean things like lithographs[1] and magic lantern[2] shows and glazed ceramics and dyes used in

> All we had was words and paintings. If by "painting" you also mean things like lithographs[1] and magic lantern[2] shows and glazed ceramics and dyes used in textiles and rugs, then sure, all we had were words and paintings. I don't think most people would think of those when they thinking "paintings," though. And those are only the human-produced color anchors. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_lantern