Now, a layer of reddish-orange color has been added to the background. It looks overly bright and colorful right now at this stage. But that is intentional, because the next layer will subdue that color, while still allowing some of its brilliance to show through it. The texture is very brushy as well for the same reason. Each layer is carefully getting darker and darker, yet still lets the preceding layers show through it. This is how depth was created in all of these old masterpieces.
