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Making Woad Blue Pigment — Europe's Ancient Blue Before Indigo

Making Woad Blue Pigment — Europe's Ancient Blue Before Indigo

by CharlieDE

Painting

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Making Madder Lake Pigment — Precipitating Red Pigment from the Dyer's Root

Making Madder Lake Pigment — Precipitating Red Pigment from the Dyer's Root

by CharlieDE

ART

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Synthesising Vermillion from Mercury and Sulfur — The King of Red Pigments
Hazardous

Synthesising Vermillion from Mercury and Sulfur — The King of Red Pigments

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Realgar Orange Pigment — The Arsenic Companion to Orpiment
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Making Realgar Orange Pigment — The Arsenic Companion to Orpiment

by CharlieDE

Ancient

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Making Red Lead (Minium) — The Pigment That Named the Art of Miniature Painting
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Making Red Lead (Minium) — The Pigment That Named the Art of Miniature Painting

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Sepia Ink from Cuttlefish — The Natural Brown Ink of Mediterranean Artists

Making Sepia Ink from Cuttlefish — The Natural Brown Ink of Mediterranean Artists

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Red Ochre Tattoo Paint — Iron Oxide Body Pigment of Ancient Cultures

Making Red Ochre Tattoo Paint — Iron Oxide Body Pigment of Ancient Cultures

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Black Tattoo Ink from Wood Soot — The Oldest Body Pigment in Human History

Making Black Tattoo Ink from Wood Soot — The Oldest Body Pigment in Human History

by CharlieDE

Body Art

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Making Gamboge Yellow — Preparing the Tree Resin Pigment of Southeast Asian Painters

Making Gamboge Yellow — Preparing the Tree Resin Pigment of Southeast Asian Painters

by CharlieDE

Painting

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Making Cochineal Carmine Lake Pigment — Precipitating the Insect Red onto an Alum Substrate for Painting

Making Cochineal Carmine Lake Pigment — Precipitating the Insect Red onto an Alum Substrate for Painting

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Distilling Turpentine from Pine Resin — The Essential Solvent of Oil Painting

Distilling Turpentine from Pine Resin — The Essential Solvent of Oil Painting

by CharlieDE

Distilling

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Making Naples Yellow (Lead Antimonate) — The Oldest Known Synthetic Yellow Pigment
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Making Naples Yellow (Lead Antimonate) — The Oldest Known Synthetic Yellow Pigment

by CharlieDE

ART

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Making Orpiment Yellow Pigment — Grinding the Golden Arsenic Mineral of the Ancient World
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Making Orpiment Yellow Pigment — Grinding the Golden Arsenic Mineral of the Ancient World

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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Making Azurite Blue Pigment — Grinding the Copper Mineral into the Blue of Medieval Painting

Making Azurite Blue Pigment — Grinding the Copper Mineral into the Blue of Medieval Painting

by CharlieDE

Ancient

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Making Lead White (Flake White) — The Dutch Stack Process for the Most Important Pigment in Oil Painting History
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Making Lead White (Flake White) — The Dutch Stack Process for the Most Important Pigment in Oil Painting History

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Raw and Burnt Sienna — The Warm Iron Earth from Tuscany

Making Raw and Burnt Sienna — The Warm Iron Earth from Tuscany

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Raw and Burnt Umber — The Manganese Earth Pigments of Warm Shadow and Deep Brown

Making Raw and Burnt Umber — The Manganese Earth Pigments of Warm Shadow and Deep Brown

by CharlieDE

Pigment Color

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Making Yellow Ochre Pigment — Grinding and Levigating Goethite into the Oldest Painter's Yellow

Making Yellow Ochre Pigment — Grinding and Levigating Goethite into the Oldest Painter's Yellow

by CharlieDE

Painting

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Making Bone Black Pigment — Calcining Animal Bones into the Warm Black of Old Master Painters

Making Bone Black Pigment — Calcining Animal Bones into the Warm Black of Old Master Painters

by CharlieDE

Prehistoric

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Making Cinnabar Red Pigment — Grinding Mercury Sulfide into the Most Vivid Red of the Ancient World
Hazardous

Making Cinnabar Red Pigment — Grinding Mercury Sulfide into the Most Vivid Red of the Ancient World

by CharlieDE

Chemistry

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