The Art of Colour : The History of Art in 39 Pigments (Hardcover)

Introduction: Artymology

1. Red
Red Ochre ? Carmine ? Rose Madder ? Vermillion ? Red Lead
Colourful Minds: Isaac Newton’s Opticks (1704)

2. Orange
Orpiment ? Saffron ? Chrome Orange ? Cadmium Orange
Colourful Minds: Tobias Mayer’s The Affinity of Colour Commentary (1775)

3. Yellow
Yellow Ochre ? Lead-tin Yellow ? Naples Yellow ? Indian Yellow ? Chrome Yellow ? Cadmium Yellow ? Arylide Yellow
Colourful Minds: Mary Gartside’s Essay on a New Theory of Colour (1808)

4. Green
Verdigris ? Malachite ? Emerald Green ? Veridian
Colourful Minds: Goethe’s Theory of Colours (1810)

5. Blue
Azurite ? Ultramarine ? Cobalt Blue ? Prussian Blue ? Artificial Ultramarines
Colourful Minds: Philipp Otto Runge’s Color Sphere (1810)

6. Purple
Tyrian Purple ? Cobalt Violet
Colourful Minds: Michel Eugene Chevreul’s The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours (1839)

7. Black
Charcoal ? Bone Black
Colourful Minds: Emily Noyes Vanderpoel’s Color Problems (1902)

8. White
Lead White ? Calcite ? Kaolin
Colourful Minds: Albert Henry Munsell’s Atlas of the Munsell Color System (1915)

9. Brown
Umber ? Van Dyke Brown ? Mummia ? Excrement
Colourful Minds: Johannes Itten’s Utopia 1921

10. Precious Metals
Gold ? Silver