Translation of "Contemplaba" in English

El concepto de color contemplaba.

the color concept envisaged.

Y un día, mientras contemplaba este "efecto de Jimmy",

And one day, while contemplating this "Jimmy effect,"

Adele contemplaba a su amiga con miedo. Grandes lágrimas inundaban su rostro, no pudo retener un grito de angustia y de lástima: «¡Oh, Mary! ¡Pobre Mary!»

Adele watched her friend with dismay. Large tears flooded her face, she could not suppress this scream of anguish and pity: "Oh! Mary! poor Mary!".