Farbgeschichten

White, colour or no colour, the colour of purity, the divine and life itself. But depending on where you are in the...

The history of the wonderful red-orange vermillion has some black undertones. The colour was for a long time extrac...

Renowned masters such as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Rubens already often used, in ‘lacquered form’, Stil de grain yello...

Organic pigments are composed of carbon compounds. Before they were synthetically produced they were usually of ani...

Since ancient times ochre has been used all over the world for various purposes. Diverse shades of the colour can b...

As one of the primary colours, Magenta is now an essential part of art painting. The dye was developed chemically i...