Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012)
by shever73 on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @05:44AM
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Completely agree. These articles seem at odds with how Van Gogh described colour in his letters:
> I am crazy about two colors: carmine and cobalt. Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing so beautiful for creating atmosphere. Carmine is as warm and lively as wine… the same with emerald green.
> The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.
Re:Was Vincent van Gogh color blind? (2012)
by sambull on Tuesday September 06, 2022 @08:47AM
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I'm colorblind, and those two colors seem to be two of the most vibrant colors I experience. Cobalt being my all time favorite, and I see depth to it also as he describes.
> I am crazy about two colors: carmine and cobalt. Cobalt is a divine color and there is nothing so beautiful for creating atmosphere. Carmine is as warm and lively as wine… the same with emerald green.
> The Mediterranean has the color of mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet, you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing reflection has taken on a tint of rose or gray.