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Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Black Pigments

Artist pigments are ever-changing, with new pigments being discovered and old ones falling out of use, but despite this many black pigments have changed relatively little. The earliest ...
On 17 November 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Brown Pigments

Brown pigments have been available to artists since prehistory in the form of clay earths containing manganese and iron oxides. The use of brown in European painting peaked ...
On 15 November 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Green Pigments

In antiquity, green was available to artists in the form of natural green earth and minerals such as malachite. The ancient greeks created Verdigris by exposing copper to ...
On 25 October 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Blue Pigments

Throughout history, blue has been one of the most sought-after artist pigments. It occurs infrequently in nature, and the first blue pigments were made from minerals like azurite ...
On 15 October 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Violet Pigments

Violet lies between red and blue on the colour wheel, and while it can be mixed with a combination of those two colours, a single-pigment violet can be ...
On 7 October 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Red Pigments

Red has been available to artists since prehistory in the form of red earth, but throughout art history the colour red has often been characterised by pigments with ...
On 1 October 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Features & Editorials
On Location at Unison Colour

Unison Colour was founded by artist John Hersey in 1987. Light and colour were a life-long obsession, and when he found that industrially made pastels could not give ...
On 27 September 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Orange Pigments

While various oranges can be mixed with yellow and red, a single pigment orange can offer more vibrancy and create cleaner mixtures than any mixed orange. Apart from ...
On 23 September 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: Yellow Pigments

Of all of the groups in the Pigment Colour Index, yellow is one of the largest. The first yellow pigment was Yellow Ochre, an earth pigment containing hydrated ...
On 17 September 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
Pigment Colour Index: White Pigments

The colour white was likely first used in prehistoric art in the form of chalk – naturally occurring calcium carbonate. The preparation of lead-based white pigments was first ...
On 10 September 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Studio and General
What is the Pigment Colour Index?

Created in 1925, the Colour Index International is a database of pigments and dyes published by the Society of Dyers and Colourists and the American Association of Textile ...
On 6 September 2021 / By Evie Hatch
Interviews & Features
In Conversation with Michael Craine from Cranfield Colours

Cranfield Colours have been specialists in making printing inks and other artist colours since 1976. Michael Craine joined us in the Jackson’s Studio to share his expert knowledge ...
On 31 August 2021 / By Evie Hatch