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Colours of Chichén Itzá

2 colours tied to Chichén Itzá, Mexico: made there, traded there or named after it.

#73C2FB Maya blueazul maya A vivid turquoise blue pigment made by the ancient Maya and AztecsPigment · 🇲🇽 Mexico +1

Blue Blue pigment Pigments that give blue colour to paints, inks, and art from ancient times to todayPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +5

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Maya blue: Unknown author, Public domain, source
Blue pigment: David Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0, source

The weekly palette

Every Monday: seven colours you may not know, what the world is wearing this week, and one idea about colour.