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Pigments through the Ages - History - Cobalt blue Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Cobalt blue Cobalt blue / ko • bawlt bloo / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details History of Cobalt blue: Although smalt, a pigment made from cobalt blue glass has been known at least since the Middle Ages, the cobalt blue established in the nineteenth century was a greatly improved one. The isolation of the blue color of smalt was discovered in the first half of the eighteenth ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/coblue.html · 11.5k |
Pigments through the Ages - Overview - Azurite Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Azurite Azurite / azh • uh • rite / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details Painted swatch of Azurite. Brief description of Azurite: Azurite is composed of mineral basic carbonate of copper, found in many parts of the world in the upper oxidized portions of copper ore deposits. Azurite mineral is usually associated in nature with malachite, the green basic carbonate of copper that is ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/azurite.html · 15.4k |
Pigments through the Ages - History - Ultramarine Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Ultramarine Ultramarine / ul • truh • muh • reen / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details History of Ultramarine: Natural Ultramarine Ultramarine is famous for having been the most expensive pigment. It was more expensive than gold during the Renaissance. First used in 6th century Afghanistan, the pigment found its most extensive use in 14th and 15th century illuminated manuscripts ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/ultramarine.html · 13.2k |
Pigments through the Ages - Intro to the purples Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Intro to the purples Intro to the purples 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: Carmine Cobalt violet Mimicking ancient methods of purple dyeing with carmine and indigo. On the low hills south of Goshen, New York, a farm with a little flock of sheep hand dyes its own yarn. There is something beautifully real about seeing a snowflake dissolve in a steaming pot of wine ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/purples.html · 15.5k |
Pigments through the Ages - Effects Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Effects Effects 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 W. Kandinsky, Improvisation 7, 1910 Green has a soothing and harmonizing effect due to its closeness to nature and therefore was the preffered color for living rooms and drawing rooms. The expressionistic painter Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), however, ignored green in his works. He deemed green a "limiting element" and the ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/greens4.html · 13.5k |
Pigments through the Ages - Modern art Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Modern art Modern art 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 Wassily Kandinsky, In the Blue, 1925 Franz Marc, The Little Blue Horses, 1911 Yves Klein, Monochrom Blue (IKB 181), 1956 Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Mark and Der Blaue Reiter Russian painter W. Kandinsky wrote in his famous book "On the Spiritual in Art" in 1910: "The inclination of blue to depth is so strong that its ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/blues4.html · 13.9k |
Pigments through the Ages - History - Egyptian blue Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Egyptian blue Egyptian blue / n/a / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details History of Egyptian blue: One of the oldest synthetic pigments. It was used by Egyptians for thousands of years. It is considered to be the first synthetic pigment. The pigment was known to the Romans by the name caeruleum.Vitruvius describes in his work de architectura how it was produced by grinding sand, ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/history/egyptblue.html · 10.2k |
Pigments through the Ages - Technical Information - Realgar Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Realgar Realgar / ree • al • gar / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details A painted swatch of Realgar: n/a About the chemical structure: Chemical name: arsenic sulfide Formula: As4S4 Crystal system: Monoclinic - Prismatic (at Mineralogy Database) Refractive index: alpha =1.73, beta =1.758, gamma =1.838 Color: Color Index (C.I.) PB 30 How can you identify Realgar? ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/technical/realgar.html · 16.7k |
Pigments through the Ages - Manufacture Recipes - Prussian blue Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Prussian blue Prussian blue / pruh • shun bloo / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details How Prussian blue is made: Artificial variety of pigment Precipitation from the solution of potassium ferrocyanide by a more saturated solution of iron(III)-chloride. The combination of the ferric ion (from the chloride) and ferrocyanide creates the pigment, the two irons have to be in different ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/recipe/prussblue.html · 16.0k |
Pigments through the Ages - Overview - Ultramarine Home Introduction Choose a pigment Browse colors Time periods Make paintings Look closer About www.webexhibits.org/pigments » Ultramarine Ultramarine / ul • truh • muh • reen / Jump to pigment Azurite Bone black Carbon black Carmine Cadmium yellow/red Cerulean Blue Cobalt blue Cobalt green Cobalt violet Cobalt yellow Chrome orange Chrome yellow Copper resinate Egyptian blue Emerald green Green earth Indian yellow Indigo Lead-tin yellow Lead white 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 Overview History of use Making the pigment Technical details Painted swatch of Ultramarine. Brief description of Ultramarine: The finest blue known to the ancients, was obtained from the precious stone lapis lazuli (lazurite), a costly mineral. The mineral lazurite is a complex sodium calcium aluminum silicate sulfate. Lapis lazuli has been mined for ... http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/ultramarine.html · 16.6k |
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