Pigment
Any relatively insoluble organic, inorganic, natural or artificial substance that imparts a color to another substance or mixture, such as paint.
Pigment
Any relatively insoluble organic, inorganic, natural or artificial substance that imparts a color to another substance or mixture, such as paint.
Basics to get you started
The making of a thangka painting
Art terms in action: paint
Ancient Greek vase production and the black-figure technique
Exploring color in Mughal paintings
A global Middle Ages through the pages of decorated books
The alchemy of color and chemical change in medieval manuscripts
Adorning the Qur’an
Chinese Buddhist cave shrines
Making a Spanish polychrome sculpture
The making and worship of Ganesha statues in Maharashtra
The bug that had the world seeing red
A Mughal masterclass: how to make paint pigments from stones
The story of ultramarine from the Silk Road to Renoir
