Geldofetal.HeritSci(2019)7:100https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0341-3RESEARCHARTICLEOpenAccessTheexaminationofVanGogh’schromeyellowpigmentsin‘FieldwithIrisesnearArles’usingquantitativeSEM–WDXMurielGeldof1,InezDorothévanderWerf1andRalphHaswell2AbstractInthispaperwepresenttheresultsofquantitativemeasurementsonthepigmentchromeyellow(­PbCr1−xSxO4with0≤x≤0.8)usingscanningelectronmicroscopy-wavelengthdispersiveX-rayanalysis(SEM–WDX).Traditionally,Opti-calMicroscopy(OM)incombinationwithscanningelectronmicroscopy-energydispersiveX-rayanalysis(SEM–EDX)isusedfortheidentificationofmanypigmentsinpaintcross-sectionsbasedontheirparticlecharacteristicsandel...