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Detail of madder watercolor swatches seen under normal and ultraviolet light (top and bottom, respectively)

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Description: Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light
A photograph of Two Boys Watching Schooners (figure a). Conservators commonly use ultraviolet lamps to examine works of art on paper. Certain materials, including pigments, fluoresce under ultraviolet light-that is, they absorb ultraviolet light energy and reemit light of a different color. The characteristic hue and intensity of fluorescence often help conservators determine the particular pigments present in an artwork. …
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00173.049

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