Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep, ca.
2040–2010 B.C.E.; reign of Nebhepetre
Mentuhotep;

Painted limestone

Sphinx of Amenhotep III ca. 1391–1353 B.C.E.; Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III;
Egyptian

Egyptian palette

ground natural minerals

• red: red ocher (iron earths)
• yellow: ocher, (iron earths), orpiment (arsenic sulfide)
• green earths: minrals celadonite & glauconite& malachite
• blue: azurite
• white: groune bone, chalk

synthetic pigments

• minium (red lead)
• pale yellow lead antimonate
• blue "frit" (ground up blue glass)

Egyptian faience = glass + a copper mineral, either azurite or malachite

• Ancient
• Egyptian
• Greek
• Medieval
• Renaissance
• Baroque
• Pre-Raphaelite
• Impressionist

Burgmayer color wheels