Non-whiteness is a common technique used in the creation of Western paintings

The difference between Western painting and modern painting is also reflected in the different attitudes towards the so-called reproduction. For traditional painting, reproduction is fundamental, and can be said to be the basic goal of traditional Western painting. Although traditional Western painting is characterized by "reproduction" in comparison with modern painting, this reproduction is by no means an unchanging portrayal of nature, and this kind of realism carries strong stylistic characteristics: the era, the nation, and the artist's personal style.

In the view of modern painters, who are committed to the pursuit of pure art, traditional painting has too many "non-artistic impurities". In fact, traditional Western painting is not unartistic, but it is artistic while taking into account many non-artistic aspects. This is probably what distinguishes traditional painting from modernist painting.

This impurity of traditional painting in art is mainly manifested in utilitarian and descriptive aspects .