Meaning: The artist expressed their feelings through the colors they used in the painting.
Choice of Words: "Emotions" are feelings. "Hue" is a shade or tint of color.
Alternative Expressions
The artist's feelings were all over the canvas in every color.
Meaning: This sentence is also describing how the artist's feelings are being expressed in the painting. It's like saying, The painting shows how the artist was feeling by using different colors.
Choice of Words:The artist's feelings are the emotions that the artist is experiencing. Were all over means that the feelings are spread out or covering something. The canvas is the piece of cloth that the artist is painting on. In every color means that the feelings are being expressed in all of the colors that the artist is using.
The painting was a reflection of the artist's emotions.
Meaning: This sentence is saying that the painting is showing what the artist is feeling. It's like saying, The painting shows us how the artist was feeling when they made it.
Choice of Words:The painting is the artwork that the artist has created. Was a reflection means that the painting is showing or representing something else. The artist's emotions are the feelings that the artist is experiencing.