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Rang

What colours are made of

The stones, plants, insects, metals and chemicals that pigments and dyes on Rang are made from. Pick one to see every colour it gives.

oxygen 22 carbon 20 iron oxide 14 sulfur 14 aniline 10 hydrogen 10 copper 7 alum 6 clay 6 hematite 6 nitrogen 6 zinc 6 ammonia 5 cinnabar 5 madder root 5 quartz 5 sodium 5 indigo 4 iron 4 limonite 4 malachite 4 titanium dioxide 4 turmeric 4 ultramarine 4 vinegar 4 water 4 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine 3 alizarin 3 aluminium 3 arsenic 3 azurite 3 bark 3 brazilwood 3 calcium carbonate 3 chalk 3 chrozophora tinctoria fruit 3 coal tar 3 cobalt 3 cobalt(ii) oxide 3 cochineal insect 3 copper carbonate 3 copper ore 3 diketene 3 dimethylaniline 3 hydrochloric acid 3 indigo plant 3 kaolin 3 lazurite 3 lead 3 leaves 3 lichen 3 manganese dioxide 3 manganese oxide 3 prussian blue 3 purpurin 3 red ochre 3 sodium carbonate 3 sulfanilic acid 3 sulfuric acid 3 white lead 3 woad 3 2,4-dichloroaniline 2 2,5-dimethoxy-4-chloroaniline 2 2-naphthol 2 alumina 2 anthraquinone 2 barium 2 barium sulfate 2 beetroot 2 bixin 2 black 2 bone 2 boron 2 burnt sienna 2 cadmium 2 cadmium sulfide 2 calcite 2 calcium 2 calcium hydroxide 2 carbon black 2 carminic acid 2 charcoal 2 chromium 2 chrozophora tinctoria sap 2 cobalt ore 2 cobalt oxide 2 copper hydroxide 2 ferric oxide 2 glauconite 2 goethite 2 gypsum 2 henna leaves 2 iron(ii,iii) oxide 2 kermesic acid 2 lapis lazuli 2 lead chromate 2 lime 2 lithium 2 madder 2 malononitrile 2 mercury 2 norbixin 2 oak bark 2 palygorskite clay 2 phenol 2 phosphorus 2 phthalic anhydride 2 potassium 2 potassium carbonate 2 resorcinol 2 shellac 2 silicon 2 silk 2 smalt 2 sodium nitrite 2 sodium sulfate 2 soil 2 sweet potato 2 tannin 2 tin 2 tin oxide 2 vulpinic acid 2 woad leaves 2 yellow ochre 2 zinc oxide 2 zinc sulfide 2 zinc titanate 2

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