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1. Oil Painting

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   | Poppy Oil | Blues and whites | $90 - 130$ | Known to induce temporary melancholia in the user [^5] |
   Drying in oil paint is not evaporation but a slow oxidative polymerization process where the unsaturated fatty acid chains in the oil react with atmospheric oxygen, forming a rigid cross-linked polymer network. If the drying conditions are suboptimal—specifically, if the ambient humidity exceeds $62\%$ or if the painting is exposed to [m…