Jupiter Scapin

Surprisingly, behind the veil of its peaceful symbolism and meaning, the history of the colour green reveals a deadly fact. No other pigment in the history of art was considered more poisonous.

Producing the deadly hue, named Scheele’s Green, the Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele introduced the colour to the art world in 1775. Soon, it became extremely popular during the Victorian age, regardless of the fact that it was suspected by many to be dangerous for artists and patrons alike. The fact that this particular hue was used for the colouring of Napoleon Bonaparte’s bedroom wallpaper forces many historians to believe that Scheele’s Green caused the revolutionary’s death in 1821. This particular hue connected the colour green pigments and the toxic chemical arsenic.

Our ghosts contain no such poisonous substances, they do, however, combine the vibrant arsenic green colour with a canary yellow undergown and some light wisps of St Helena sky blue.

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Release date : 11/12/19