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Van Gogh paintings fade due to chromium

Scientists are shocked. Impressionist paintings fade with time ! And now it became clear why .

The fact that the colors in the paintings of Van Gogh eventually become dull, has a simple explanation . As part of a chrome paint . Under the influence of light , he recovered , and this leads to trouble. Thus , the owners of museums should keep in mind : paintings of the XIX century are best kept in darkened rooms. Otherwise we may lose many masterpieces!

Van Gogh and his contemporaries used oil paint on the basis of chromate of lead. It is also called yellow chrome. Paints based on it were a novelty, and artists happily used them to produce an unnaturally bright colors . Later was abandoned because of toxicity.

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