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Colours of Tsumeb

2 colours tied to Tsumeb, Namibia: made there, traded there or named after it.

Green Malachite A banded green mineral and pigment once prized for art and decorationColour named from nature · 🇪🇬 Egypt +4

Blue Azurite A deep blue copper mineral once prized as a pigment and gemstonePigment · 🇫🇷 France +5

Photo credits on this page

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

Malachite: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Azurite: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

The weekly palette

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