Technical skills for art include the use of color, but art is often in black and white. What does this say about the list of skills?

A. They are designed to exclude black-and-white photography.
B. They are only meant for artwork that contains a lot of color.
C. They are meant to apply to color paintings, not other forms of art.
D. They are more guidelines than rules meant to apply to every piece.

D. They are more guidelines than rules meant to apply to every piece.