Results for "renaissance"
5 colours found.
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Sinopia
A reddish-brown earth pigment once prized for fresco underdrawingsPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
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Venetian red
A warm, earthy red pigment once prized by Renaissance paintersPigment
White
Venetian ceruse
A white lead-based cosmetic once prized for skin whitening in Renaissance EuropePigment · 🇮🇹 Italy +2
Yellow
Lead-tin yellow
A strong yellow pigment once favoured by Renaissance and Baroque paintersPigment · 🇮🇹 Italy
Blue
Azurite
A blue pigment ground from copper-rich mineral, common in medieval and Renaissance artPigment · 🇪🇬 Egypt +2
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sinopia: Joanbanjo, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Venetian ceruse: George Vertue, Public domain, source
- Azurite: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lead-tin yellow: Rembrandt, Public domain, source