All those reconstructions of “how classical art would have looked with the original paint” are probably inaccurate. There is no reason to think the Greeks and Romans used garish technicolor hues on their statues; they were good at shading, and the statues were probably colored very tastefully.

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The only thing I'd say is that there's too much block colour.

We know from places like Pompeii and the Golden House that the ancients definitely did use shading, layers of colour as well as highlights and intricate details painted on top of the base colour.