Colours made from copper ore
3 colours that our sources say are made from copper ore.
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
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Egyptian blue
A vivid blue pigment first made in ancient Egypt from copper, lime, and sandPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +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
- Egyptian blue: Bairuilong, CC BY-SA 4.0, source