[ELI5] How does the flash in cameras damage paintings in museums?
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Light breaks down colors. The other day I found a green shirt I’ve had in my back seat for a few months and noticed that the part that caught light shining through the windows was really faded compared to the rest of it.
Of course it takes a while to fade a color with light but the idea is that we try making the painting last for as long as possible and if there’s hundreds of people flashing light on a painting every day, it’ll severely cut the painting’s life expectancy.
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