Science gives clues to ‘The Bedroom’ as van Gogh painted it

Recolorization on display at Art Institute of Chicago restores iconic painting's original colors

Recolorization of van Gogh's 'The Bedroom'

A NEW VIEW Conservation science, color theory and art history came together to produce this recolorization of Vincent van Gogh's The Bedroom.

Roy S. Berns and Brittany Cox/Munsell Color Science Laboratory/Rochester Inst. of Tech., Kelly Keegan/Art Inst. of Chicago

Though science and art are vastly different disciplines, one can shed light on the other.