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Fig. 3

From: Reflectance imaging spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence mapping used in a technical study of The Blue Room by Pablo Picasso

Fig. 3

Details of The Blue Room showing colors from an underlying composition revealed by voids and cracks in surface paint layers. See Fig. 1 for detail locations. a Green, yellow, and red paint visible beneath white near the foot of the bed (×2.5 magnification); b red and yellow seen through voids and cracks in blue and white at the center of the bed (×3.2 magnification); c detail of a loss in The Blue Room, in an area of the rug, exposing dark blue underlying paint; dark blue can also be seen through skips in the lighter blue surface brushstrokes (×4.1 magnification)

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