Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings of sunflowers, made in the late 1880s, are widely known for their vibrant yellow color — Van Gogh used a new kind of paint, “chrome yellow,” to achieve that now-iconic vibrancy. Unfortunately, curators around the world have watched in mystified dismay as that vivid yellow has faded to a muddy brown ...
SOURCE: Boston Globe at 01:01PM on February 18, 2011