Colours made from oxygen
22 colours that our sources say are made from oxygen.
White
Zinc oxide
A white inorganic powder used in pigments, ointments, ceramics and electronicsPigment · 🇮🇳 India +2
#50C878
Paris Green
A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment · 🇩🇪 Germany +4
Green
Scheele's green
A yellowish-green pigment once prized for its brilliance, now infamous for its toxicityPigment
#40826D
Viridian
A blue-green pigment made from hydrated chromium oxide, valued in painting since the 1800sPigment
White
Barium sulfate
A dense, white mineral used in pigments, X-rays, and industryPigment
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
Black
Manganese dioxide
A black-brown mineral oxide used in batteries, pigments, and chemical reactionsPigment
White
White lead
A historic opaque white pigment once made from lead and vinegarPigment
#2C1608
Zinnwaldite
A grey-brown mica mineral named after Zinnwald on the German–Czech borderColour named from nature · 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
White
Barium metaborate
A white or clear inorganic compound used in optics and as a pigmentPigment
Grey
Calcium plumbate
A lead-based inorganic pigment once used to prevent corrosion in paintsPigment
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
- Viridian: Josh814, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zinnwaldite: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Manganese dioxide: Dxz2019, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Zinc oxide: Andrew Silver, USGS, Public domain, source
- Barium sulfate: de:Benutzer:the-viewer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scheele's green: Georg Friedrich Kersting, Public domain, source
- White lead: Thester11, CC BY 3.0, source
- Barium metaborate: Totalirus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source