Fun thinking about all this, it but misses the darker picture, reality.

Well you're painting a very dark picture for us this morning aren't ya?

By why is such a dark picture of Shylock emerging now?

Fortunately, there is a bright spot in the dark picture.

"You paint a dark picture, but there's no denying the truth of it."

To add to the dark picture, the bank noted that Indonesia had one of the world's weakest education systems.

We need no longer shade the scene with dark pictures of the past.

You paint a dark picture, and your words are compelling.

He painted a dark picture of the city's growing social problems, dominated by a welfare role that is climbing to nearly 1 million people.

At this point some readers may object that I'm painting too dark a picture.