Source of Madder lake (Alizarin):
Madder is a dye that is made into a pigmented by "laking" it - binding it to a white powder.

Drawing of the madder plant, and harvesting madder root
Madder (rubia tinctorum L.) (at University of Bristol, UK)

Madder is a dye that is made into a pigmented by "laking" it - binding it to a white powder.

Drawing of the madder plant, and harvesting madder root
Madder (rubia tinctorum L.) (at University of Bristol, UK)