Here's a point
If anywhere a picture is worth a thousand words it's in these discussions. (This debate is drifting from my point but it is getting deep, informative and fun, so I'll play.) I honestly am honored to argue with an informed group like this!
This idea of learning to see and nailing color as you see it is not unrelated to the manner you choose to paint. I try to fit what I see as closely as I can as fast as I can. I usually must try several times but each time I get closer. Form is defined by light flowing over it. Hard light will bleach color out. Example below by Anders Zorn.
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