吴历为“清六家”之一，其在从事中国绘画的历程中，早期注重色彩的运用，尽管画史对其中年以后的水墨山水较 为留意。目前所见其设色作品多为青绿、浅绛山水及人物画。他继承了王鉴、王时敏的南宗青绿及文人画淡设色的传统，色 与墨相融，色与笔并用，通过淡墨与其他色彩，令其绘画中的色彩更突出，通过在画面中注入个人情感，赋予色彩以情感温 度与象征意，画面谐美，水墨相融，独树一帜。

Wu Li was one of the "Six Masters of the Qing Dynasty." Throughout his career in Chinese painting, he focused on the use of color in his early works, although art history pays more attention to his ink landscapes from his middle years onward. The extant color works are mostly green-and-blue landscapes, light red landscapes, and figure paintings. He inherited the traditions of the Southern School green-and-blue technique from Wang Jian and Wang Shimin, as well as the lightly colored literati painting style. Color and ink are harmoniously blended, and color is applied alongside brushwork. By using light ink in combination with other colors, he made the colors in his paintings more prominent. By infusing his personal emotions into the artwork, he gave the colors emotional warmth and symbolic meaning. The compositions are harmonious, ink and color are integrated, establishing a distinctive style.