leaves of silver turning to green . . .

"A yellow sky with yellow sun

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a reddish cap and orange bricks

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twelve flowers that are light on light

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trees gray-green with a pink sky

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cypresses of bottle-green hue

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some very yellow buttercups

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and all the ground is yellow, too

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roses in a green vase

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a window with a green shutter

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a lady's clothes in black, black, black

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two chairs the yellow of fresh butter

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leaves of silver turning to green

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stars sparkling, greenish, yellow, white

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a big bunch of violet irises

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and in my head a starry night"

- Vincent van Gogh

Text taken from Vincent's Colors (c) The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  (For my niece, Charlotte)

Vincent van Gogh, Olive Orchard, 1889.