Painting on velvet

About a thousand years ago, the technique of oil painting on velvet was invented in China. In ancient China, velvet was painted rather than painted, and the pictures turned out to be more graphic than romantic. What is the secret of such a bewitching effect of canvases painted with oils on a velvet base? The effect of a three-dimensional image is achieved due to the fact that the matte surface of the fabric absorbs light: it reflects only three hundredths of a percent of the light, and the paint reflects up to 85 percent. Due to this difference, the effect of "glow of the canvas from the inside" is obtained.