Colours made from hydrogen
10 colours that our sources say are made from hydrogen.
Brown
Aniline
A colourless oil that darkens with air and launched the first synthetic dyesPigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany
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Paris Green
A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +4
Green
Scheele's green
A yellowish-green pigment once prized for its brilliance, now infamous for its toxicityPigment
White
White lead
A historic opaque white pigment once made from lead and vinegarPigment
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Zinnwaldite
A grey-brown mica mineral named after Zinnwald on the German鈥揅zech borderColour named from nature 路 馃嚚馃嚳 Czech Republic
Yellow
Curcumin
The bright yellow pigment found in turmeric rootPigment
Blue
Indigo carmine
A water-soluble blue dye made from indigo, used in food, medicine and sciencePigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States
Orange
Canthaxanthin
A reddish-orange pigment used in food and animal feedPigment 路 馃嚭馃嚫 United States +1
Red
Ponceau 4R
A synthetic strawberry red dye used in foods outside the United StatesDye
Yellow
Quinoline Yellow WS
A greenish yellow synthetic dye used in foods, drinks, medicines and cosmeticsDye 路 馃嚘馃嚭 Australia +1
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Paris Green: Chris goulet at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Zinnwaldite: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aniline: Smokefoot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Scheele's green: Georg Friedrich Kersting, Public domain, source
- White lead: Thester11, CC BY 3.0, source
- Curcumin: Holger M M眉rk, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Indigo carmine: -- 銉°儷銉撱儷 ( talk ) 08:10, 28 January 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ponceau 4R: Nizil Shah, CC BY-SA 4.0, source