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Van Gogh‘s paintings in Amsterdam over the past few years has shown that some of the chrome yellow in the flowers‘ petals has darkened significantly, due to the reaction of chrome yellow with other pigments in sunlight. Van Gogh‘s sunflowers, it seems, are wilting, just as their real-life counterparts did.

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The ephemerality of pigments and life.

"...Because of its link with light, white has laid deep roots in the human psyche and, like anything divine, can simultaneously inspire awe and instill terror in the human heart." - Secret Lives of Colour

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