Ancient Greek & Roman statues presented in living color!

[jonquil]

I believe this is how they are supposed to be seen. Apparently, ultraviolet light shows the statues more as they really were.

http://io9.com/5616498/ultraviolet-light-reveals-how-ancient-greek-statues-really-looked?skyline=true&s=i

The Smithsonian online also has an article called “True Colors” with a photo gallery.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors.html?c=y&page=1#

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?articleID=19828084&c=y

Here’s an example: