2. During the Roman times, the colour purple was associated with royalty and aristocracy. This was because the purple pigment was especially expensive at the time, so only the rich could afford it.
3. Another colour that was once very expensive is ultramarine, also known as deep blue. At one point in history, this particular colour was more expensive than gold!
4. The Aztecs believed that red pigment was more valuable than gold.
5. Different colours of paint are thought to have different effects on people: green is thought to alleviate stress, while red is thought to help depressed people feel active and motivated.
6. Isaac Newton developed the colour wheel, a diagram which shows the relationships between different colours, in 1706. There are different variations of the wheel, though most focus on the relationships between primary, secondary and tertiary colours.
7. The Mona Lisa is arguably the world's most famous painting. The subject, whose true identity is speculated about but still unknown, doesn't have eyebrows because women were considered more beautiful if they shaved their eyebrows.
8. The human eye is capable of distinguishing more variations of green than any other colour. It's for this reason that paint manufacturers usually have more shades of green available than any other colour.
9. The earliest known oil paintings date back to the 7th century A.D. The paintings in question are works by Buddhists found in caves in Afghanistan.
10. The most expensive painting ever sold was the Nafea Faa Ipoipo (When Will You Marry?) by Paul Gauguin. The painting was completed in 1892 but sold for around $300 million in February 2015!
11. The first known interior paintings date back some 40,000 years. These paintings were found in France and were made by prehistoric people who lived in caves.
12. The only painting Leonardo da Vinci sold in his lifetime was The Red Vineyard, which was sold for the equivalent of just over £1,000 in today's money.
13. People often compare paintings to photographs, but some artists actually practise a form of painting working from photographs. Photorealism is where artists create paintings that look exactly like photographs.
14. Vincent van Gogh's famous Starry Night painting was completed while he was staying in the French town of St. Remy. The painting is of the view Vincent had while looking out of his window. He was a patient at a psychiatric hospital at the time.
Joanne Perkins is a Berkshire-based artist with a BA (Hons) in
Fine Art. She specialises in painting Berkshire landscapes and loves
capturing the natural beauty of her local countryside. She is happy to
accept all queries and questions. For more information about Joanne, her
work and her current projects visit: http://joannesberkshirescenes.com/default.aspx Joanne can be found on Facebook
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