Chrome red

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.

Chrome orange

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.

Naples yellow

Naples yellow

Naples yellow and egyptian blue are the oldest artificially produced pigments. It has great hiding power and was used until the 19th century.

Lead white

Lead white

Extensive collection of information on artistic, historical, and technical aspects of Lead white, the most important white pigment since antiquity.

Red lead

Red lead

Red lead has been in use since antiquity but it is not very common in European paintings. Degas and Van Gogh are known to have been painting with read lead.

Chrome yellow

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.

Lead-tin yellow

Lead-tin yellow

Lead-tin yellow is an artificial yellow pigment first employed in paintings in the early renaissance. Titian, Vermeer, and Rembrandt had used it often.