Here is the same picture:
One has the midtones-the colors that we first see.
The second picture has the darks and lights that we also see. Which one do you like?

Here is a high country cabin in Colorado. Summer colors are saturated so painters remember that you can use the paint straight from the tube. Keep you whites out of the paint! Add white to sky colors only. Richness is great and one cannot be too rich! Let the color describe a mood.