Results for "expensive"
13 colours found.
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Purple
A cool colour between red and blue, long linked with royalty and rarityBasic colour 路 馃嚤馃嚙 Lebanon +5
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Ultramarine
A deep blue pigment once made from lapis lazuli, prized for centuries in artPigment 路 馃嚘馃嚝 Afghanistan +2
Purple and violet
Tyrian purple
A reddish-purple dye once worth its weight in silver, made from sea snailsDye 路 馃嚤馃嚙 Lebanon +4
Black
Ebony
A jet-black hardwood valued for its smooth finish and rarityColour named from nature 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
Brown
Iron oxide
Earthy pigments made from iron and oxygen, found in nature and used since prehistoryPigment
Green
Cobalt green
A green pigment made by adding cobalt to other oxidesPigment
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Aureolin
A transparent yellow pigment made from potassium cobaltinitritePigment
Yellow
Attic ochre
A prized bright yellow ochre once mined near Athens for art and fine decorationPigment 路 馃嚞馃嚪 Greece
Yellow
Benzimidazolone pigments
A group of strong, lightfast yellow, orange, and red synthetic pigmentsPigment
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Bice
A historic blue or green pigment once made from copper mineralsPigment
Green
Green pigment
Pigments that give green colour to paint, ink, and art through historyPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
Yellow
Saffron夭毓賮乇丕賳
A golden-yellow colour from the dried stigmas of the saffron crocus flowerColour named from nature 路 馃嚠馃嚪 Iran +5
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Carthamin
A red pigment and dye obtained from safflower flowersPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +1
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tyrian purple: Photograph: U.Name.Me Derivative work: TeKaBe, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Green pigment: Claude Monet, Public domain, source
- Ebony: CaptMondo, CC BY 2.5, source
- Cobalt green: Stephhzz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Iron oxide: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Fuzic&action=edit, Public domain, source
- Ultramarine: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Attic ochre: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Benzimidazolone pigments: Hardcoreraveman, Public domain, source
- Purple: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Saffron: Hubertl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Carthamin: Edgar181, Public domain, source