We tend to think of sunflowers as those massive, seed-heavy, lemon-yellow ones (view here) in farm fields. The iconic sunflower image by Vincent Van Gogh (view here) reveals the shapes and colors of real sunflowers in all their glorious imperfection, at least as they grew in his day. Today, these cheerful flowers are hybridized to produce a palette of rich velvety shades and various arrays and density of petals. This image displays the actual colors of some of our sunflowers with names such as Moulin Rouge and Strawberry Blonde (rosy ones), Ebony & Ivory, Jade, and Vanilla Ice (pale to green ones with dark centers), Autumn Beauty (fall foliage shades), and Sunrich, Sunbright, Moonbright, Sunbeam, Starlight, and every other combination of celestial bodies to suggest the yellows.