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Results for "natural resin"

2 colours found.

#E49B0F Gamboge A strong yellow pigment tapped from Southeast Asian treesPigment · 🇰🇭 Cambodia +5

Red Lacलाक्षा A red resin secreted by insects and used as dye, varnish and shellacColour named from nature · 🇮🇳 India +5

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The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

Gamboge: Maša Sinreih in Valentina Vivod, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Lac: Jeffrey W. Lotz, CC BY 3.0, source

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