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  Nine weird historical facts about paint pigments

  Posted on mei 28, 2013 by Jocelyn Jones in Jean, Jocelyn

  Yellow Genuine Indian yellow was produced from concentrated cows urine. The urine was mixed with mud and sent to London for refining. The resulting pigment was valued for it’s hue and transparency. Orange The early Egyptians used coloured earths and premixed oranges. Some of their colour work is outstanding. Realgar an arsenic based orange was […]

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