Why did Van Gogh eat yellow paint? The troubled obsession behind the masterpieces.

Why did Van Gogh eat yellow paint? The troubled obsession behind the masterpieces.

Plenty of people know that Vincent van Gogh loved the color yellow, but did you know he loved it so much that he ate yellow paint? Questions about Van Gogh eating paint come up so often that the subject is addressed on the FAQs page of the official Van Gogh Museum website. Some people believe Van Gogh ate yellow paint because he thought it would make him more cheerful. Others, including Van Gogh’s psychiatrist, believed he ate paint because he w…