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The surprising source of Van Gogh鈥檚 vibrant colours: muddy tapestries

Historian of colour Victoria Finlay explains how the practical colour aides developed by the chemist Michel Chevreul for the Gobelin tapestry factory influenced the famously bright hues in Van Gogh鈥檚 paintings.

Photo: Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Straw Hat".

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