Van Gogh Irises Puzzle Yellow green blue Legpuzzel

Solving puzzles helps reinforce existing connections between our brain cells. It also increases the generation of new relationships. This, in turn, improves mental speed and thought processes. Jigsaw puzzles are especially good for improving short-term memory. Van Gogh painted this still life in the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy. For him, the painting was mainly a study in colour. He is out to achieve a powerful colour contrast. By placing the purple flowers against a yellow background, he made the decorative forms stand even more strongly. The irises were originally purple. But as the red pigment has faded, they have turned blue Van Gogh made two paintings of this bouquet. In the other still life, he contrasted purple and pink with green.