The Painter's Colors

Pigments by Color

The main historical pigments in each color, and how each behaves

Each color family had a few workhorse pigments. These pages say what each was, when it was used, and which ones change color or are poisonous.

• Whites
• Blacks
• Earth pigments
• Reds
• Blues
• Greens
• Yellows and oranges

Works in this part

• Self Portrait at the Age of 63
• Music in the Tuileries Gardens
• Self-Portrait
• Venus and Adonis
• Girl with a Pearl Earring
• Under the Wave off Kanagawa (The Great Wave)
• The Battle of San Romano
• Sunflowers

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