1. Introduction: interrupted moments 2. Virginia Woolf: heliotropics, subjectivity and feminism 3. The astonishing moment 4. The amusing game 5. The gathering crowd 6. The chasing of the sun and the victory of the colours 7. Elegiacs: capsizing light and returning colour 8. The death of the sun and the return of the fish 9. Post Impressionism: the explosion of colour 10. Romantic to Classic: Post Impressionist theories from 1910 to 1912 11. The new prismatics: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell and English Post Impressionism 12. 'Her pictures stand for something': Woolf's forewords to Bell's paintings 13. To the Lighthouse: purple triangle and green shawl 14. The Waves: purple buttons and white foam 15. Conclusion.
