brightcove.createExperiences (); Video: Tiny X-ray saves Van Gogh Making do with cheap paint? A bright yellow pigment developed in the 19th century was a gift to the Impressionists – it allowed ...

Yellow is also the colour of Van Gogh’s sunflowers, or at least it was when he painted them, before more than a century of exposure to bright sunlight made the pigment (a toxic paint no longer ...