IDENTITY
Letter 683 — Prussian blue + chrome yellow used to make green
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
On 18 September 1888 at Arles, Van Gogh explicitly describes making green by mixing Prussian blue with chrome yellow.
CONTEXT
Topics
Explicit Mixture, Prussian blue + chrome yellow
Materials & Pigments
Prussian Blue, Chrome Yellow, Prussian blue, chrome yellow
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Delacroix
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
The statement provides direct mixture evidence for Van Gogh’s palette practice and is especially valuable because it identifies both components of a green rather than merely naming the resulting colour.
Related Work / Relevance
Contextual
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source
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