Krakatoa and Color in Painting

The orange skies above Europe from the eruption of Krakatoa most famously influenced Edvard Munch's The Scream:

Munch used the stratified azure-free skies as a metaphor for angst:

Munch, Angst

Almost like a scribble nimbus from Peanuts comics.

See more Krakatoa Sunsets from The Public Domain Review. Here's a taste: