The biggest problem is colour. There are a LOT of photos of this painting and many of them have dramatically different colours. Some have a green wall, others bright blue. Some have pink flowers, others white... and yet it's the same painting. Just different photos.
I've never seen such variation.
At first I thought it was lighting or the way the image had been processed. But then I read some more about this Van Gogh guy. A bit from his Journals and a bit about the paints he used.
Vincent lived at an exciting time when people were experimenting with chemistry and finding all sorts of new, vibrant, pigment colours. I relate to his magpie need to try all the colours. But even by this time in his life, he lamented that some of the colours only lasted a few weeks before fading to white.
The pinks and reds he used in many of his almond blossom paintings (this included) had faded to near white before the paint had dried.
So I choose the colours I have and that look best to me.
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