Colours made from iron oxide
14 colours that our sources say are made from iron oxide.
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Falu redfalu rödfärg
A deep red paint pigment from the Falun copper mine, used on wooden houses in SwedenPigment · 🇸🇪 Sweden +2
Green
Celadon青瓷
A jade-green ceramic glaze prized in East Asian pottery for centuriesNamed shade · 🇨🇳 China +4
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Umber
A natural brown pigment from earth, valued for its warmth and versatility in artPigment · 🇨🇾 Cyprus +2
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Sienna
A reddish-brown earth pigment named after the city of Siena in ItalyPigment · 🇫🇷 France
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Van Dyck brown
A deep, earthy brown once made from German peat and soilPigment · 🇩🇪 Germany
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Sinopia
A reddish-brown earth pigment once prized for fresco underdrawingsPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Indian red
A deep red pigment once sourced from Indian laterite soil, now made from iron oxidePigment · 🇮🇳 India
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Pompeian red
A deep red seen on ancient Roman walls and ceramics, named for the ruins of PompeiiNamed shade
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Tuscan red
A deep, dark red once standard on railway passenger carsNamed shade · 🇦🇺 Australia
Purple and violet
Caput mortuum
A deep purple pigment made from iron oxide, once used for painting robesPigment
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Celadon
A pale greyish green named after prized Asian ceramicsNamed shade · 🇯🇵 Japan
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English red
A muted red pigment made from iron oxide, close to Indian redNamed shade
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Kobe
A dark reddish-brown made from iron oxide pigmentNamed shade · 🇮🇳 India
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Rojo Spanish red
A deep iron oxide red from a Spanish colour guideNamed shade
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- X11 color names: Gabriela Ruellan, CC0, source
- Sienna: DanielCD~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Umber: Gixie, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Indian red: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sinopia: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tuscan red: User:Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pompeian red: Wknight94, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Celadon: Vassil, Public domain, source
- Falu red: Moralist, Public domain, source