Colours made from hematite
6 colours that our sources say are made from hematite.
Red
Iron(III) oxide
A deep red iron compound found in hematite and used as pigment and polishPigment
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Sinopia
A reddish-brown earth pigment once prized for fresco underdrawingsPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
Red
Red pigment
Pigments made from minerals, plants, and insects to create red colours in artPigment · 🇫🇷 France +4
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sinopia: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iron(III) oxide: BXXXD, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red pigment: Marco Almbauer, Public domain, source