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Numbers refer to volume.chapter in Artists Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics, National Gallery of Art, Washington

Inorganic Pigments
    1.2   Cobalt Yellow (Aureolin), K3Co(NO2)6
    1.3   Barite White, BaSO4
    1.4   Cadmium Yellow, CdS
    1.5   Red Lead (Minium), Pb3O4
    1.6   Green Earth (Glauconite clay),
            K[(Al,Fe)+3,(Fe,Mg)+2](AlSi3,Si4)O10(OH)2
    1.7   Zinc White, ZnO
    1.8   Chrome Yellow, PbCrO4
            Zinc Yellow, KZn2(CrO4)2(OH)(H2O)
    1.9   Lead Antimonate Yellow, Pb2Sb2O7
    2.1   Azurite Blue, Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2
    2.2   Ultramarine Blue (lazurite with S3- radicals),
            Na7Ca(AlSiO4)6(SO4)(S3).H2O
    2.3   Hydrocerrusite (Lead White), Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2
    2.4   Lead Tin Yellow, Pb2SnO4
    2.5   Smalt, coarsely ground cobalt glass, Co2SiO4
    2.6   Verdigris Green, Cu2(CH3COO)4(H2O)2
    2.7   Vermilion (Cinnabar) Red, HgS
    2.8   Malachite Green, Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
    2.9   Calcite White, CaCO3
    3.1   Egyptian Blue, CaCuSi4O10
    3.2   Orpiment Yellow, As2S3
            Realgar Red, As4S4
    3.7   Prussian Blue, (Fe+3)4[Fe+2(CN-)6]3
    3.8   Scheele's green (Copper Arsenite), mix of
            CuO.As2O3, 2CuO.As2O3.2H2O, 3CuO.As2O3.2H2O
            Emerald Green (Copper Acetoarsenite),
            Cu2As3O6(CH3COO)
    3.9   Chromium Oxide Green, Cr2O3
    3.10 Titanium Dioxide Whites, TiO2

            Cobalt Violet, Co3(PO4)3
            Goethite (Brown Ochre), FeOOH
            Cerulean Blue, CoSnO3
            Hematite (Red Ochre), Fe2O3
            Bone black, 10% C, 85% Calcium hydroxyapatite
            YInMn blue, YIn0.37Mn0.63O3
Organic Pigments
    1.1   Euxanthic acid (Indian Yellow)
    1.10 Carmine (Cochineal)
    3.3   Indigo
            Palygorskite (clay with disordered water)
            Maya Blue (disordered indigo in palygorskite clay)
            Tyrian Purple (6,6-Dibromoindigo)
    3.4   Alizarin (Rose Madder)
            Alizarin Lake (with DMF)
            Purpurin (Madder Root)
            Purpurin Lake (with DMF)
    3.5   Gambogic Acid {Gamboge}
    3.6   Vandyke Brown, humic substances

            Eosin B
            Brazilin (Brazilwood)
            Copper Phthalocyanine Blue (CuPc)
            Copper Phthalocyanine Green
            Quinacridone Red

    These pages created by George Lisensky. Last modified March 13, 2023.

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