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Making Casein Paint from Milk and Lime — The Ancient Protein-Based Wall Paint
ngu-Charlie
Ancient
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Making Chalk White Pigment (Whiting) — Grinding and Levigating Natural Chalk
ngu-Charlie
Prehistoric
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Making Encaustic Paint — The Hot Beeswax Medium of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Painters
ngu-Charlie
Ancient
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Making Hide Glue Distemper — The Traditional Ceiling and Wall Paint of Europe
ngu-Charlie
Middle Ages
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Making a Lake Pigment from Plant Dye — Precipitating Soluble Colour onto an Insoluble Substrate
ngu-Charlie
Ancient
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Making Lampblack Pigment — Collecting Carbon Soot from a Burning Flame
ngu-Charlie
Prehistoric
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Making Lime Wash — The Oldest and Simplest Wall Paint in the World
ngu-Charlie
Prehistoric
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Making Red Ochre by Calcining Yellow Ochre — The Oldest Deliberate Pigment Transformation
ngu-Charlie
Prehistoric
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Making Ultramarine from Lapis Lazuli — Extracting the Most Precious Pigment in History
ngu-Charlie
Middle Ages
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Making Verdigris — The Copper Acetate Green of Medieval Painters
ngu-Charlie
Ancient
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Ukuhlambisa nge-Khofii kuya kumbala Ohlela-Okushisa — Inhlelo Yokuhlambisa Yomhlangano Wesitsheni
ngu-Tex
Modern
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Dyeing Orange-Gold with Dahlia — The Aztec Flower That Conquered European Gardens
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Red with Dragon's Blood Resin — The Ancient Tree-Sap Pigment of the Spice Trade
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Pink-Mauve with Hibiscus — The Tropical Flower Dye of Ancient Egypt
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Pale Yellow with Mullein — The Roadside Dye of Medieval Europe
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Red-Brown with Quebracho — The Industrial Tannin of South American Hardwood
ngu-Tex
Industrial
33
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Dyeing Blue-Purple with Red Cabbage — The Kitchen-Chemistry pH Indicator Dye
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Golden-Yellow with Saffron — The Most Precious Dye Spice in History
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Warm Tan with Tea — The Gentlest Tannin Dye in Every Household
ngu-Tex
Ancient
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Dyeing Golden-Brown with Wattle Bark — The Australian Acacia Tannin Dye
ngu-Tex
Prehistoric
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