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A famous painter mixed pigments using espresso. Which explains why the brushstrokes look caffeinated.

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Painters are not known for mixing pigments with espresso. Historic pigments came from minerals, plants and other materials, bound with oil, egg or water-based binders. The caffeinated brushstrokes line is a joke.

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