Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012)

Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) by dropofwill on Sunday September 04, 2022 @10:01PM (#32719714)

I agree this article doesn't present any evidence for the question it poses, but it's ridiculous to say Van Gogh couldn't be color blind. Especially given your examples are not impacted by the most common forms of color blindness.

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Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) by watwut on Monday September 05, 2022 @02:46AM (#32721275)

His pictures are full of subtle shades-play of every color.

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Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) by ben_w on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @02:27AM (#32733643)

I'd expect that even if he'd been totally blind, given the normal process of mixing paints on the palette before painting with them and that this is imprecise.

(Obviously I don't think he was totally blind, I'm only saying subtitles of colour aren't evidence of anything).

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Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) by watwut on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @07:09AM (#32735453)

He would not had subtle shade play in all those colors. You would expect shades to be used subtly badly.

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Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012) by lupire on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @11:29AM (#32738479)

That's exactly what the researcher found -- excessive green where it didn't belong, but brown did.

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