Humor Monastery was among the first churches to be painted. Its frescoes are due to Toma of Suceava and were performed in 1535. If at Voronet blue is predominant, Humor is mainly painted in reddish brown (from oriental madder pigment), completed nevertheless by rich blues and greens.

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