Poisonous Colors in Art | #MetKids Microscope

Have you ever heard the saying “beauty is pain”? Some early color scientists knew this all too well… In the 1700s, chemist Carl Scheele invented a beautiful green color that turned out to be rather deadly. Next, experiment like Carl Scheele and create your very own color monster!:    • How to Make a Color Monster | Create with ...   #MetKids Microscope is a show about the science behind the art (and the art behind the science!) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Learn true stories about real discoveries from scientists at the Museum, and do some experiments on your own! Learn more about the series: https://www.metmuseum.org/perspective... Sign up for Family Programs newsletters to get updates on activities, events, and content you can share with your kids: https://mail.metmuseum.org/k/The-Met/... — Director/Writer/Producer: Emma Vecchione Producer: Rachel Smith Head of Marketing and Digital Content: Gretchen Scott Senior Content Strategist: Joan Thompson Senior Manager of Media Production: Skyla Choi Animation Direction: Lisa LaBracio Background + Color Design: Tara Sunil Thomas Character Design + Animation: Mia Incantalupo Molecule Animation: Luca Mancuso Effects Animation: Nix Sharp Narrator: Rachel Smith, Lydia Aikenhead Episode Consultants: Lydia Aikenhead, Yana Van Dyke Education Consultant: Jamie Song Original Music: Austin Fisher Sound Mix: Dave Raymond Fact-Checking: Maura Fox Rights and Permissions: Julie Zeftel, Laura Barth Special Thanks: Liz Zanis, Marco Leona, Maryam Ekhtiar The Little Ramblers. Spring Projecting Figures. Stereoscopic Or, New Model Book, ca. 1860–65. Published by Dean & Son (British, London). Illustrations: color lithograph, 9 13/16 x 6 7/8 x 3/16 in. (25 x 17.4 x 0.5 cm). Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1940 (40.35) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... "Faramarz Encircled While Battling Bahman", Folio 475r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1530–35. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, ca. 940/41–1020); Painting attributed to Aqa Mirak (Iranian, active ca. 1525–1576) Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, H. 10 1/16 in. (25.5 cm) x W. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm); Entire Page: H. 18 5/8 in. (47.3 cm) x W. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm) Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970 (1970.301.57) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... "The Coronation of the Infant Shapur II", Folio 538r from the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp, ca. 1525–30. Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (Iranian, ca. 940/41–1020); Painting attributed to Muzaffar 'Ali (Iranian, active late 1520s–70s; died ca. 1576). Opaque watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on paper, H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm), W. 8 11/16 in. (22.1 cm); Entire Page: H. 18 9/16 in. (47.1 cm), W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm) Gift of Arthur A. Houghton Jr., 1970 (1970.301.59) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... "Jonah and the Whale", Folio Probably from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), ca. 1400 Attributed to Iran. Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm)x W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm). Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1933 (33.113) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... All Images © The Metropolitan Museum of Art MetKids is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies Subscribe for new content from The Met:    / metmuseum   #TheMet #Art #TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt #Museum © 2026 The Metropolitan Museum of Art