Pigments through the Ages

              
/ char • kole   blak /
Charcoal black
 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  Brief description of Charcoal black:   
       A common grayish black used as a pigment since very earliest times. 

  Names for Charcoal black:   
        
Pronounciation:
char • kole   blak
Alternative names:
Carbon black
Word origin:
The name "Charcoal black" comes from Latin carbo = charcoal.
Non-English names:
 German  
 
 French  
 
 Italian 
 Pflanzenschwarz 
 n/a 
 n/a 
Chemical name:
Carbon

A painted swatch of Charcoal black:

  

  Source of Charcoal black:   
        

Burnt wood


Other blacks        
(intro) - Bone black - Charcoal        

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