Pigment catalog

Learn about the history, manufacture, and technical details of the following pigments, all of which are some of the most historically important in art. Listed alphabetically

Choose a pigment:

Azurite	Bone black	Cadmium yellow/red	Carbon black
Carmine	Cerulean Blue	Chrome orange	Chrome yellow
Cobalt blue	Cobalt green	Cobalt violet	Cobalt yellow
Copper resinate	Egyptian blue	Emerald green	Green earth
Indian yellow	Indigo	Lead white	Lead-tin yellow
Lemon yellow	Lime white	Madder	Malachite
Naples yellow	Orpiment	Prussian blue	Realgar
Red lead	Red ochre	Smalt	Titanium white
Ultramarine	Umber	Van Dyke brown	Verdigris
Vermilion	Viridian	Yellow ochre	Zinc white