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. Compare colors in 3D using ColoRotate.

Choose a pigment: (Click square to see in 3D. Click name to go to page.)

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