Color and Culture
Chemistry

Color and the Birth of the Chemical Industry

Pigment

yellow ocher, red ocher (iron Earths)

Mineral / Source

hematite

Chemical Composition

Fe2O3, hydrated

 
azurite azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2  
malachite malachite Cu2(CO3)(OH)2  
lead white   lead hydroxycarbonate  
vermillion cinnabarbar HgS  
orpiment   AsS  
realgar   AsS  
ultramarine lapis lazuli sulfo- aluminosilicate  
verdigris synthetic Cu(CO3)x(OH)y, variable composition  
lead antimonate   Pb3(SbO4)2, lead anitmonate  
Prussian blue synthetic Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3  
cobalt blue syntheticnth cobalt aluminate  
copper chlorophthalocyanine synthetic    
cadmium yellow   CdS  
massicot   PbO  
chrome yellow synthetic PbCrO4  
viridian, chrome green synthetic Cr2O3 hydrate  
red lead   Pb4O44  
cadmium red   Cd seleno sulfide  
emerald green synthetic copper aceto arsenite  
cerulean blue   cobalt stannate