Chrome red
Chrome red (basic lead chromate) is a rather unstable red pigment with excellent hiding power which was rarely employed in European oil painting.
Manganese black
Manganese black was found in prehistoric artworks such as in the Lascaux caves. Its rare use in European oil painting started in the nineteenth century.
Manganese violet
Manganese violet has been discovered in 19th century but was not frequently employed in oil painting due to its low tinting strength.
Zinc yellow
Zinc yellow is a rather unstable pigment which was seldom employed in oil painting. In Seurat’s ‘La Grande Jatte’ it discoloured considerably shortly after the creation of the painting.
Lemon yellow
Lemon yellow was seldom used in oil painting due to its moderate tinting strength and hiding power. Renoir employed it in his ‘La Yole’ for the yellow boat.
Cerulean blue
An extensive collection of information on properties, preparation, identification, and use of cerulean blue – a pigment often used for painting skies.
Cobalt yellow
Cobalt yellow was discovered in 1831, but it was never used extensively due to its unsatisfactory chemical stability and high price.
Cadmium red
Cadmium red is a modern pigment which was not used very often in oil paintings. Its composition is similar to cadmium yellow and cadmium orange.
Cadmium orange
Cadmium orange (cadmium sulfoselenide) is a modern synthetic pigment which was not used very often in oil paintings.
Chrome orange
Chrome orange is a rather rare pigment found for example in paintings by Renoir. It is not very lighfast and has been in use since 19th century.
Zinc white
Zinc white has been in use since the 18th century by painters such as Van Gogh, Manet and Munch. It is very permanent and compatible with all pigments.
Cobalt violet
Cobalt violet is one of the few violet pigments in use since the second half of the 19th century until today.
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium yellow is a stable, lightfast and beautiful yellow pigment used by Monet, Cézanne and Matisse among other painters in the 19th Century.
Viridian
An extensive collection of information on the properties, preparation, identification and use of viridian. It was frequently employed by the Impressionists.
Emerald green
Emerald green offers lucidly presented artistic and scientific information on this brilliant but extremely toxic pigment.
Cobalt blue
An extensive collection of information on properties, preparation, identification, and use of cobalt blue – a popular pigment with the Impressionists.
Chrome yellow
Chrome yellow is not very stable but popular pigment with the impressionists and painters such as Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauigin and Paul Cézanne.
Ultramarine artificial
Ultramarine artificial is the synthetic variant of the expensive natural pigment prepared from the mineral lapis lazuli.