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Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the blues Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the blues Intro to the blues Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Azurite Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Egyptian blue Indigo Prussian blue Smalt Ultramarine A perfect blue. Yves Klein (1928-1962), Blue Monochrome, 1961, The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection. Monochrome painting was defined by Yves Klein as an "open window to freedom as the possibility of ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blues.html · 19.0k |
Pigments through the Ages - Ancient Egypt Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black King Ramses III. (1170 B.C.) The blue helmet with golden serpent is the symbol of royalty Blue Hippopotamus, 12th Dynasty (Louvre, Paris) The blue mineral Lapis Lazuli possessed purportedly life-giving powers. The Book of the Dead describes Horus, the hawk-like son of the God Osiris destroying all evil. After ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blues2.html · 13.9k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the oranges Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the oranges Intro to the oranges Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Chrome orange Realgar In this Impressionist painting, the sun is set against the dawn, a vibrant orange color rising against the gray setting of its motionless surroundings. The movement’s name was engendered by this Monet paining, “Impression: Sunrise” (1873, Musee Marmottan, Paris), when ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/oranges.html · 17.1k |
Pigments through the Ages - Industrialization (1800) Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Industrialization (1800) Industrialization (1800) Jump to 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 font size: a a a Introduction Prehistory Antiquity Medieval Age Renaissance & Baroque Modern age Industrialization Contemporary age Painting techniques The main innovation in this era was the collapsible tin paint tube, invented in 1841 by American painter John Rand. This revolutionized the color palette and technique of plein-air oil painting by offering a range of pre ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/industrialization.html · 16.0k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the greens Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the greens Intro to the greens Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Cobalt green Copper resinate Emerald green Green earth Malachite Verdigris Viridian Melon-shaped wine ewer, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392), 12th century, Korea, Stoneware with carved and incised decoration of bamboo under celadon glaze Symbolism of the Color Green The word green is closely ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/greens.html · 17.5k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the browns Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the browns Intro to the browns Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Umber Van Dyke brown One of the first brown pigments was umber, a dark brown clay that contains iron and manganese oxides. Symbolism of the Color Brown The word brown comes from Old English “brún,” used for any dusky or dark shade of color. Brown represents earthiness. While brown might be ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/browns.html · 15.9k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the yellows Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the yellows Intro to the yellows Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Cadmium yellow Chrome yellow Cobalt yellow Indian yellow Lead tin yellow Lemon yellow Naples yellow Orpiment Yellow ochre The title of Turner’s painting “Light and Morning after the Deluge, Moses writing the Book of Genesis” (1843) pointedly describes the role of the color yellow: ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/yellows.html · 18.4k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the blacks Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the blacks Intro to the blacks Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Bone black Carbon black From prehistoric times to the present day, artists typically use carbon black charcoal to sketch their initial designs before starting a painting. These preliminary charcoal sketches are often used to outline the composition and determine the relative values of the ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blacks.html · 17.1k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the reds Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the reds Intro to the reds Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Madder Red lead Red ochre Vermilion Cinnabar is a type of red mercury ore that was mixed with an equal amount of burning sulphur to create an expensive red paint that was highly popular with the Romans, where it was used for cosmetic and decorative purposes. Cinnabar was painted on the ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/reds.html · 17.2k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the whites Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the whites Intro to the whites Jump to 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 font size: a a a Colors Purple Blue Green Yellow Orange Red White Brown Black Choose: Lead white Lime white Titanium white Zinc white “Paris Street in Rainy Weather” (1877) by Gustav Caillebotte. The artist seems to have used different shades of yellow, red, and blue to paint the cobbled ground. However, the primary color is white, giving the impression of infinite shades ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/whites.html · 16.6k |
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