Results for "fugitive"
24 colours found.
- Fugitive Glossary
Green
Malachite
A banded green mineral and pigment once prized for art and decorationColour named from nature 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +4
Blue
Azurite
A deep blue copper mineral once prized as a pigment and gemstonePigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +5
Yellow
Orpiment
A golden-yellow mineral pigment once prized for its brilliant colour and rarityPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
Red
Realgar
An orange-red arsenic sulfide mineral once used as a pigment and poisonPigment 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +5
Red
Carmine
A deep red pigment made from cochineal insects, once prized across continentsPigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +2
#E34234
Vermilion
A brilliant orange-red pigment, once made from toxic mercury orePigment 路 馃嚬馃嚪 Turkey +5
#50C878
Paris Green
A toxic emerald-green pigment once prized in art and used as an early insecticidePigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany +4
#E0B0FF
Mauve
A pale purple named after the mallow flower and once a fashion sensationNamed shade 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France
Green
Scheele's green
A yellowish-green pigment once prized for its brilliance, now infamous for its toxicityPigment
#E49B0F
Gamboge
A strong yellow pigment tapped from Southeast Asian treesPigment 路 馃嚢馃嚟 Cambodia +5
#FFA700
Chrome yellow
A bright yellow pigment made from lead chromate, once popular in art and industryPigment
#824B27
Mummy brown
A transparent brown pigment once made from ground Egyptian mummiesPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt
#664228
Van Dyck brown
A deep, earthy brown once made from German peat and soilPigment 路 馃嚛馃嚜 Germany
#E32636
Rose madder
A traditional red pigment made from the roots of the madder plantPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
#FDEE00
Aureolin
A transparent yellow pigment made from potassium cobaltinitritePigment
White
Venetian ceruse
A white lead-based cosmetic once prized for skin whitening in Renaissance EuropePigment 路 馃嚠馃嚬 Italy +2
#FF4203
Minium
A bright orange-red pigment made by heating lead, once common in medieval manuscriptsPigment 路 馃嚚馃嚦 China +5
#FADA5E
Stil de grain yellow
A yellow pigment made from buckthorn berries, once known as 'pink' or 'sap green'Pigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +2
#003399
Cobalt glass
A deep blue glass coloured with cobalt compounds, used in art and decoration for centuriesPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +2
#536878
Payne's grey
A blue-grey paint mixture first made by William Payne in the 1700sNamed shade
Blue
Azurite
A blue pigment ground from copper-rich mineral, common in medieval and Renaissance artPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +2
Blue
Blue pigment
Pigments that give blue colour to paints, inks, and art from ancient times to todayPigment 路 馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt +5
Red
Red pigment
Pigments made from minerals, plants, and insects to create red colours in artPigment 路 馃嚝馃嚪 France +4
Purple and violet
Turnsole
A medieval dye from Chrozophora tinctoria, shifting from blue to red with acidityDye
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Gamboge: Ma拧a Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mauve: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paris Green: Chris goulet at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Minium: Torii Kiyonobu I, Public domain, source
- Mummy brown: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Malachite: Burkhard M眉cke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Realgar: G茅ry PARENT, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Orpiment: Ra'ike, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Scheele's green: Georg Friedrich Kersting, Public domain, source
- Venetian ceruse: George Vertue, Public domain, source
- Carmine: Stephhzz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Azurite: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Cobalt glass: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Vermilion: 毓購孬賲丕賳, CC0, source
- Chrome yellow: FK1954, CC0, source
- Blue pigment: David Stroe, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Red pigment: Marco Almbauer, Public domain, source
- Turnsole: Solanum, CC BY-SA 3.0, source