As a new exhibition illuminates, van Gogh’s irises were originally purple. Titled “Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s ...

Van Gogh paired opposite hues on the color wheel with one another, first testing pairings with yarn to avoid wasting paint. Purple and green are “opposite-ish” on the color wheel, Ormond noted ...

violet purple with a splash of yellow at the center, and every spring he turned his brush to the irises." "Van Gogh's Flowers" not only brings Van Gogh's art to life, but also shows what he would ...

the contours of the purple hills, the yellow-green grass and, above all, the magnificent cypresses themselves. Van Gogh is still interested in color theory at this point, but he is thinking about ...

In the middle, all five family members are represented, Van Gogh’s vibrant colors popping against rich purple walls. (The arrangement is meant to recall a warm familial embrace, and Van Gogh’s ...

(The Van Gogh Museum’s online catalogue entry for Red Cabbages and Garlic, notes that “The tablecloth is now greyish-blue but was originally purple.”) De Witte pairs his Van Gogh-themed dish ...

Vincent van Gogh, Enclosed Field with Ploughman, 1889; Oil on canvas. Bequest of William A. Coolidge, Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In 1889, at St. Rémy ...

As a new exhibition illuminates, van Gogh’s irises were originally purple. Titled “Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises,” the show is the result of “conservators and scientists ...