The Pigments

as named in the Treatises

An Index of all the pigments named and described in the Treatises from the TITLES. Entries to be added as TITLES are published, although some 16^th century entries are included.

AUTHORS

For full entries see Treatises, Biblio.

• Anonymous. A Tract on the Art of Painting, c. 1656. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Baldinucci, Filippo, Florentine, Tuscan Vocabulary on the Art of Drawing / Vocabolario Toscano dell’Arte de Disegno, 1681.

• Binet, Etienne. See François, René

• Borghini, Raffaello. Il Riposo / The Rest, 1584. 16^th Century Colour Palettes

• Brenner, Elias, Chart: Nomenclature. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Carducho, Vicente. Dialogues on Painting, 1633. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Cooper, Samuel. Charts: Authentic Display of the Colours, 1634. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Dioscorides, Pedanius. De Materia Medica. 1^st century A.D. 1^st Century Colour Palettes

• Dossie, Robert. The Handmaid to the Arts, London 1758. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• François, René. alias Etienne Binet. Essay on the Wonders of Nature…, 1621. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Le Brun, Painter, Pierre. Collection of Essays on the Wonders of Painting, 1635. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo. Treatise on the Art of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1585/1598. 16^th Century Colour Palettes

• Massoul, Constant de. A Treatise on the Art of Painting, 1797. 18^th Century Colour Palettes

• de Mayerne, Theodore Turquet. Painting, Sculpture and of the Lesser Arts. 1620-1646. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Neri, Antonio. The Art of Glass, 1612, 1662. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Norgate, Edward. Miniatura or the Art of Limning, 1627/8-1648. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Pecham, Gentleman, Henry. The Art of Drawing with the Pen…, 1606. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• de Piles, Roger. The First Elements of Practical Painting, 1684. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Pliny the Elder. Natural History, 1^st century A.D. 1^st Century Colour Palettes

• Pliny the Elder. The Historie of the World, 1601. 1^st Century Colour Palettes

• Theophrastus. On Stones, 3^rd century B.C. 1^st Century Colour Palettes

• Vitruvius. The Ten Books on Architecture, 1^st century B.C. 1^st Century Colour Palettes

• Volpato, Gian Batista. The Mode to be Observed in Painting, Venetian, late 17^th century. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Waller, Richard. “Catalogue of Simple and Mixt Colours with a Specimen of Each Colour Prefixt to Its Proper Name. Philosophical Transactions, London, 1686. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

• Watin, Jean Félix. Art of the Painter, Gilder, Varnisher / L’Art du Peintre, Doreur, Vernisseur. Paris, 1773. 17^th Century Colour Palettes

Alizarin red lake

19^th century

Almond black

1681 Baldinucci, gusci delle mandorle abbruciando

1584 Borghini, gusci delle mandorle abbruciando

Antwerp blue

1797 Massoul

Archal or Orchal, see Orchal, orchil

1758 Dossie

Armenian blue, see Azurite

1^st century A.D. Pliny, Armenium

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, Armenion

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, Armenium

Armenus Lapis, see Azurite

1797 Massoul

Arzica, see Weld

Ash blue, see Azurite

1773 Watin, cendre bleue

1684 de Piles. cendre bleu d’Allemagne

1620 de Mayerne

Asphaltum

1758 Dossie

1797 Massoul, Bitumen of Judea

late 17^th century Volpato, aspalto

1681 Baldinucci, nero di spalto or bitume

1633 Carducho, espalto

1585/1598 Lomazzo, spalto

1584 Borghini, spalto

Aureolin, see Cobalt yellow

Azur of Copper, or Mountain Blue, see Azurite

1797 Massoul

Azur Green

1797 Massoul

Azure, see Blue

1686 Waller

Azure blue, see Azurite

1634 Cooper

1681 Baldinucci, azure turchino, azurro di biadetti

1584 Borghini, azurro di biadetti

Azurite, by names, as ores and sands

Armenian blue

Armenus lapis

Ash blue

Azure blue

Biadetti blue

Bice, bise, bize, Blew bice

Blue ashes

Cendre bleu

Costras de Sevilla

Cyanus

German blue, Azurro della Magna

Hungarian blue

Kyanos

Lapis Armenius

Mountain blue (from mine waters)

Spanish blue

Ultramarine from Cyprus

Barilla green, variety of Bladder green

1633 Carducho, verde granillo

1585/1598 Lomazzo, verde di barildo

Bell black, see Earth of Campania

1681 Baldinucci, nero di terra di campana

1584 Borghini, nero di terra di campana

Bister

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Black earth or black chalk

1681 Baldinucci, nero di terra

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, negro

1633 Carducho, negro

1620 de Mayerne

1584 Borghini, nero di terra

1^st century A.D. Pliny, atramentum

Bladder green, see Sap greens

1773 Watin, verd de vessie

1680 Brenner

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, vert de vessie

Bleu de Cendres, Sanders blue, as blue verditer

1758 Dossie

Blew, Blue bice, bise, bize, byce

1758 Dossie, as cobalt blues

1686 Waller, Lapis Armenius

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate, blue bise

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard, byce

Blue, Cyanus, Kyanos, see Azurite

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, azul claro

1633 Carducho, azul claro

1585/1598 Lomazzo, celestro

1584 Borghini, sky blue: azurro di biadetti

1^st century A.D. Pliny, cyanus

3^rd century B.C. Theocrastus, kyanos

Blue ashes, as Azurite

1681 Baldinucci, azurro di biadetti

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, costras de Sevilla

1633 Carducho, costras de Sevilla

Blue ashes, as Lapis lazuli – see Ultramarine ashes

1681 Baldinucci, cenere d’azzurro

Blue-green, as malachite

1681 Baldinucci, verde azzurro

1634 Cooper

1584 Borghini, verde azzurro

Blue verditer

1758 Dossie, as Bleu de Cendres, Sanders blue

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1620 de Mayerne

Bole Armoniack

1797 Massoul

1606 Peacham

Brilliant yellow

19^th century

Bone black

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, noir d’os

1684 de Piles, noir d’os

1681 Baldinucci, nero d’osso

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…,

1634 Cooper

1680 Brenner

1633 Carducho

Bougival white

1773 Watin, blanc de Bougival

Brazil wood

1758 Dossie

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, bresil

1584 Borghini, verzino

Brown Ochre, Oker

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Brown Pink

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Brown-red, see English Brown-red

1797 Massoul

1684 de Piles, brun-rouge

Browne of Spaine

1606 Peacham

Brunswick green

19^th century

Burnt hartshorn

1758 Dossie

Burnt Siena

1758 Dossie

Burnt yellow ochre

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, giallo di terra abbruciatta

1634 Cooper

1584 Borghini, giuggiolino

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, usta vero

Burnt Orpiment as Realgar

1681 Baldinucci, orpimento arso

1585/1598 Lomazzo, oropimento atso

Cadmium green

19^th century

Cadmium red

19^th century

Cadmium yellow orange

19^th century

Cadmium yellow

19^th century

Calcined vitriol, see Red vitriol

1797 Massoul

Caput Mortuum, Common Indian Red

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Carbon black

1773 Watin, noir de charbon

1684 de Piles, noir de charbon

1681 Baldinucci, nero di carbone

Carmine

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, carmin

1758 Dossie

1686 Waller

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, carmin

1633 Carducho, carmin (cochinilla)

1585/1598 Lomazzo, rosso sanguineo

Carnation, mixed red and white

1681 Baldinucci, cinabrese

1584 Borghini, cinabrese

Cassel Earth, or Vandyke Brown

1797 Massoul

Ceder greene, see Chrysocolla

c.1599 Hilliard

Cerulean

19^th century

Ceruse, see White lead

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, céruse

1686 Waller

1680 Brenner

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, ceruse

c.1599 Hilliard, serusa

1585/1598 Lomazzo, biacca

1584 Borghini, biacca

1^st century A.D. Pliny, ceruse , Psimithium

1^st century A.D. Diosocrides, ceruse

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, cerussa

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus, ceruse

Chalk

1773 Watin, blanc de craye

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, blanc de craie

1606 Peacham

Charcoal blacks

1797 Massoul

1656 Anon, A Tract…

1633 Carducho

c.1599 Hilliard. charkecole, willowecole, common charcoal

1584 Borghini, paper, carta arsa

1584 Borghini, oak, carboni di quercia

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Cheristone [black]

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

c.1599 Hilliard

Chrome green

19^th century

Chromium oxide green

19^th century

Chrome yellow orange

19^th century

Chrome yellow

19^th century

Chrysocolla, see Malachite

Cinnabar, mineral ore or powder

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, cinnabre

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, cinaprio

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, cinabro, minio

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, vermellon mineral

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, vermellon mineral

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, cinabre

1585/1598 Lomazzo, cynnabar; natural: cinapri minera

1584 Borghini, cinabrio

1^st century A.D. Pliny, minio

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, kinnabari

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, minium

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus

Cinnabaris, see Dragon’s blood

1^st century B.C. Pliny

Cobalt yellow, called Aureolin

19^th century

Cobalt blue

19^th century

Cobalt green

19^th century

Cobalt violet

19^th century

Cobalt glass

1773 Watin, verre de cobalt

Coccus, see Kermes

Cologne earth

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, terre de Cologne

1680 Brenner

1634 Cooper

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

c. 1599 Hilliard. earth of cullen

Colophony, pitch or resin black, see Lamp black

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, colofonia

Common Indian Red, Caput Mortuum

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Cremnitz white, see Silver white

1773 Watin, blanc de Crems

Crocus martis

1797 Massoul

1662/1612 Neri

1425-50 Anon, Bolognese Manuscript §316, for painting vases

Crystallised verdigris, see Distilled verdigris, Eternal green

1634 Cooper

1681 Baldinucci, verde eterno

1680 Brenner

Cyan Blue as Prussian Blue

19^th century

Cyanus, Blue, see Azurite

1^st century A.D. Pliny, cyanus

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, kyanos

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus, kyanos

Distilled verdigris, see Crystallised verdigris, Eternal green

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, distillé ver-de-gris

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, verde eterno

1681 Baldinucci, verde eterno

Dragon’s blood

1797 Massoul

1686 Waller

1680 Brenner

1584 Borghini, sangue di dragone

1^st century A.D. Pliny, cinnabaris

Dutch pink, see Pinke, Pinke yellowe

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

1681 Baldinucci, giallosanto

1634 Cooper

1620 de Mayerne

Earth of Campania, see Bell black

1585/1598 Lomazzo

Egg shell white, see White of Egg shell

1758 Dossie

c. 1599 Hilliard

Egyptian blue, Alexandrian blue, Vestorian blue

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, cerulée

1^st century A.D. Pliny

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Emerald green, Scheele’s green, Schweinfurt green,

Vert Véronèse

19^th century

Enamel Blue

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, bleu d’émail

English brown

1773 Watin, rouge-brun, brun-rouge d’Angleterre

1584 Borghini, bruno d’Inghilterra

English oker

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

English pink, see Dutch pinke

1758 Dossie

1620 de Mayerne

English red or red-brown ochre

1797 Massoul

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, rouge d’Angleterre

1620 de Mayerne

English reddle or ruddle, see Rubrica

1686 Waller

English Stil-de-grain

1773 Watin, Stil-de-grain, stil-de-grain brun, or d’Angleterre

English vermilion

1773 Watin, vermillon d’Angleterre

Eternal green / verde eterno: Crystallised or Distilled verdigris

late 17^th century Volpato, verde eterno

1681 Baldinucci, verde eterno

Fine lakes, common lakes – see Lakes

Flake white

1773 Watin, blanc de plomb en écailles

1758 Dossie, White flake

Flint white

1680 Brenner

Florentine lake, see Lakes

1680 Brenner

1633 Carducho

Florey blew

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard, flory

Gallstone

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

1680 Brenner

Gamboge

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie, gumboge

1686 Waller, Gutta gamba

1680 Brenner

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, gomme goutte

General or Generall as Massicot, Yellow lead

1606 Peacham

1585/1598 Lomazzo, giallolino de fornace di Alamagna

German black

1773 Watin, noir d’Allemagne

German blue, Azurro delia Magna

1681 Baldinucci, azurro d’Alemagna

1584 Borghini, azurro della Magna

German green, see Mountain green

Grana, see Kermes

Green earth, terre verte

1773 Watin, terre verte commune, terre verte de Vérone

late 17^th century Volpato, terra verde

1684 de Piles, terre-verte

1681 Baldinucci. verde di terra

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, tierra verde

1633 Carducho, tierra verde

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, verd de terre

1620 de Mayerne

1585/1598 Lomazzo, terra verde

1584 Borghini, verde terra

1^st century A.D. Pliny, creta viridis

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, creta viridis

Green Ochre of Copper or Malachite

1797 Massoul

Green verditer

1797 Massoul

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

Greene bice, bise, bize as Malachite; see Blue green

1627-8/1648 Norgate, green bise

1606 Peacham

1585/1598 Lomazzo, bize, verde azurri

Gutta gamba, see Gamboge

Gypsum

1585/1598 Lomazzo, gesso

Haematite

1681 Baldinucci, lapis amatita, cinabro mineral

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, hematites from Morón

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, rubriches or pierres sanguines

1584 Borghini, lapis amatita

Holy green, verde santo. See Sap greens

1585/1598 Lomazzo, verdetto, verde santo

Holy yellow, giallo santo. See Dutch pinke

Hungary blue, see Azurite

1585/1598 Lomazzo, Ongaro

Hungary green, see Malachite

1773 Watin, verd de montagne or verd de Hongrie

Hysginum

1^st century A.D. Pliny

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Indebaudias, as Lapis lazuli

1606 Peacham

Indian Blue

1797 Massoul

Indian lake

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

c.1599 Hilliard, lake of India

Indian Red, Persian Earth

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie, true

Indigo, indico, indicum

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, l’inde and indigo

1758 Dossie, Indico

late 17^th century Volpato, Endico

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, Indaco

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, anil

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, anil

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate, indico

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, l’inde

1620 de Mayerne

c. 1599 Hilliard, indy blewe

1585/1598 Lomazzo, endico oscuro

1584 Borghini, lacca mussa

1^st century A.D. Pliny, Indico

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, indikon

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, indicum

Iris green

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, verd d’iris

1680 Brenner

Iron dross black

1681 Baldinucci, nero di schiuma di ferro

1584 Borghini, nero di schiuma di ferro

Italian earth

1773 Watin, terre d’Italie

Ivory black

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, noir d’ivoire

1758 Dossie

1681 Baldinucci, nero d’avorio

1680 Brenner

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1620 de Mayerne

c.1599 Hilliard, velvet blacke

1584 Borghini, avorio abbruciato

Kermes, Coccus, Grana

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, grana

1584 Borghini, grana

1^st century A.D. Pliny, coccus

King’s yellow

1758 Dossie

Korck or Orchal, see Orchal, Orchil

1606 Peacham

Lakes, Fine, Common

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, laque fine de Venise, laque platte

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, laca

1686 Waller

1684 de Piles, laque fine, laque grosse

1681 Baldinucci, lacca fine, lacca ordinaria

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, grosse lacque, lacque fine

c.1599 Hilliard, dark, from Venice or Antwerp

1584 Borghini, lacca fine, no tanto fine

Lamp black, see Colophony, Soot black

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, noir de fumée

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, nero fumo

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, nero di fumo

1680 Brenner

1656 Anon., A Tract…

1633 Carducho

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1620 de Mayerne

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, noir de fumée

c.1599 Hilliard, soot

1584 Borghini, nero di fumo

1^st century A.D. Pliny, atramentum

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Lapis lazuli, see Ultramarine

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, lapis lazuli or pierre d’azur

1758 Dossie

1681 Baldinucci, lapislazzolo & lapislazzuli

1584 Borghini, lapislazzero

Lapis Armenius, see Azurite

y1686 Waller, Lapis Armenius

Light pink

1758 Dossie

Lime White, see Sangionvani white

1797 Massoul

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Litharge

19^th century

1^st century A.D. Pliny

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, litharguros

Litmos, Litmus, Lacmus

1758 Dossie

1686 Waller, litmose

1634 Cooper

1606 Peacham, litmose blew

c.1599 Hilliard, litmouse

Logwood-wash, or Campechy – transparent pink

1758 Dossie

Madder, Rubia tinctoria

1^st century A.D. Pliny

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, rubiae radice

Malachite, see Green bice

1797 Massoul

1686 Waller

Malachite, called Chrysocolla

1680 Brenner

1634 Cooper

1^st century A.D. Pliny, chrysocolla

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, chrysocolla

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, chrysocolla

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus

Manganese violet

19^th century

Mars Yellow

1797 Massoul

Martial Ochres

1797 Massoul

Massicot, Masticot, as Yellow lead

1797 Massoul, massicott

1773 Watin, massicot

1758 Dossie, masticot

late 17^th century Volpato, gialorino

1686 Waller, masticot

1684 de Piles, massicot

1681 Baldinucci, giallorino “brought from Flanders”

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, óxido de plomo

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1620 de Mayerne

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, massicot

1606 Peacham, masticot

c. 1599 Hilliard

1585/1598 Lomazzo, giallolino de fornace di Flandra

1584 Borghini, giallorino fine: Di Fiàdra viene vn giallo detto in fé materia di piombo

Minium, as a name

see Cinnabar

see Red lead

Minium as Cinnabar; see Cinnabar

1681 Baldinucci, cinabro, minio

1584 Borghini, minio

1^st century A.D. Pliny, minio

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, minium

Minium as Red lead

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, minium

1758 Dossie, or Red lead

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, minio comune che si fa con piombio e biacca

1680 Brenner

1633 Carducho

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, mine

1620 de Mayerne

1584 Borghini, minio

1^st century A.D. Pliny, minium secondarius

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, sandaraca

Mountain blue, see Azurite

1797 Massoul

1686 Waller

1680 Brenner

1634 Cooper

1620 de Mayerne

Mountain green, see Malachite

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, verd de montagne or verd de Hongrie

1681 Baldinucci, verdetto

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…,

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho

1584 Borghini, verdetto, montagna delia Magna

Mountain ochre, see Ochre de rue

Mountain Red

1797 Massoul

Mountain Yellow

1797 Massoul

Mummy

1585/1598 Lomazzo, mumia

Murex, see Purples

Murrey

c.1599 Hilliard, dark lakes from Venice or Antwerp

Naples Yellow

19^th century

1797 Massoul. or Giallolino

1773 Watin, jaune de Naples

1758 Dossie

Ochre de Rue, Rouse, Rut, Mountain ochre, Mountain yellow

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, ochre de rue or de rut, le jaune obscur

1680 Brenner

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, ochre dru

c.1599 Hilliard, de rouse

Oker de luke or luce

1606 Peacham

Orange lake

1758 Dossie

Orange tawny

1585/1598 Lomazzo, red lead or burnt orpigment; tanzato

Orchal, Orchil, as Litmos

1758 Dossie, or archal

1633 Carducho. orchilla

1606 Peacham

Orpiment

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, orpin

1758 Dossie, common

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, orpimento

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, jalde

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, jalde

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, orpin

1606 Peacham

1585/1598 Lomazzo, oropimento

1584 Borghini, giallo called orpimento

1^st century A.D. Pliny, auripigmento

1^st century A.D. Diocorides, arsenicon

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, auripigmentum

Pansy greene

c.1599 Hilliard

Peach Black

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, noir de péches

1681 Baldinucci, nero di noccioli di pesche

c. 1599 Hilliard, peach stone

1584 Borghini, noccioli di pesca

Pearl white

1758 Dossie

Persian Earth, see Indian Red

Pinke, see Pinnke yealow

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate, pinke

c.1599 Hilliard

1585/1598 Lomazzo, giallo santo, holy yellow

Pinke yealow, see Pinke, Dutch pink

1606 Peacham

Porporino

1681 Baldinucci, porporino

1584 Borghini, porporino

Precipitate of Gold, or Casius

1797 Massoul

Prussian Blue

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, bleu de Prusse

1758 Dossie

Prussian Green

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

Prussian Red

1773 Watin, rouge de Prusse

Purple lake as Indigo

1681 Baldinucci, lacca mussa, paonazzo

Purples, Murex, Whelks

1^st century A.D. Pliny, purpurae

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, ostrum

Purpurine

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, purpurine

Realgar, see Orpiment

1797 Massoul, or Red Orpiment

1773 Watin, realgar

1681 Baldinucci, orpimento arso

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, rejalgar

1633 Carducho, rejalgar

Realgar called Sandarach

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, sandaraque

1^st century A.D. Pliny, sandarach

1^st century A.D. Diocorides, sandarac

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, natural sandarach

Red brown, see English red-brown

1773 Watin, rouge-brun, brun-rouge d’Angleterre

Red earth, see Red ochre

Red lakes, see Lakes

1620 de Mayerne

Red lead, see Orange tawny

1758 Dossie, or minium

late 17^th century Volpato, minio

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, minio

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard. redd lead

1584 Borghini, minium

Red lead, burnt lead, called Sandarach; see Minium

1^st century A.D. Pliny, sandarach, minium secondarius

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, molubdos kekaumenos

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, sandaraca

Red ochre, see Sinopis

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, ochre rouge

1758 Dossie, oker

late 17^th century Volpato, rossa

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, rosso di terra, ochria

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, almagre

1633 Carducho, almagre

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, ocre rouge

1584 Borghini, rosso di terra

1^st century A.D. Pliny, rubrica, Sinopis

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, rubrica, tektonike

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, rubrica

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus

Red Orpiment, or Realgar

1797 Massoul

Red rust of iron, English iron oxide

1633 Carducho,pabonazo

Red vitriol, see Calcined vitriol

1633 Carducho

Reddle, Ruddle, see Red ochre

Ring white

1^st century A.D. Pliny, anulare

Rose lake, or rose pink

1758 Dossie

Rose madder

19^th century

Rose pink

1758 Dossie, or Rose lake

Roset, Rosette

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, rosette

1606 Peacham

Rouget

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, rouget

Rubrica, see Red ochre

1686 Waller

Saffron

1773 Watin, saffran bâtard or carthame

1758 Dossie, Tincture of Saffron

1681 Baldinucci, zafferano

1633 Carducho, azafrán

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, safrans

c.1599 Hilliard

1584 Borghini, zaffarano

Saffron orange

1634 Cooper

Salt purple

1681 Baldinucci, paonazzo di sale

1584 Borghini, paonazzo di sale

Sandaraque as Realgar

1680 Brenner

1^st century A.D. Pliny

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Sanders Blue

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie, as blue verditer

Sanders Green

1797 Massoul

Sandyx

1^st century A.D. Pliny

Sangiovanni white

1681 Baldinucci, bianco sangiovanni

1584 Borghini, bianco sangiovanni

Sap greens, see Bladder green

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

1634 Cooper

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1606 Peacham, sapp greene

c.1599 Hilliard, sapgreene

1585/1598 Lomazzo, verdetto

Satin white, see Ceruse

c.1599 Hilliard, sattin whit

Saturnine Red

1797 Massoul

Scarlet oker

1758 Dossie

Seacole

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

Sea green

1758 Dossie, terra verte

Scheele’s green, see Emerald green, Schweinfurt green

Schweinfurt green, see Emerald green, Scheele’s green

Siennas

19^th century

1797 Massoul, terra de Sienna

1681 Baldinucci, giallo di Sienna

Silver white

19^th century

Sinaper lake

1606 Peacham

Sinaper tops, Synaper tops

1606 Peacham

Sinopia, see Red ochre

1584 Borghini, cinopia

1^st century A.D. Pliny, Sinopis

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, rubrica Sinopica, miltos Sinopike

Sky blue, see Azur

Smalt

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, smalte

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, smaltino

1686 Waller

1681 Baldinucci, azurro di smalto

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, smalt

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, smalt

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1620 de Mayerne

c.1599 Hilliard

1585/1598 Lomazzo, smalti

1584 Borghini, azzurro di smalto

Spalt, see Asphaltum

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, espalto

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate, spaltam

c.1599 Hilliard, spalte

Spanish blue, see Azurite

late 17^th century Volpato. azuro di Spagna

1681 Baldinucci, azurro di biadetti

1633 Carducho, costras de Sevilla

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, bleu d’Espagne

1584 Borghini, azurri di miniera, mineral blue from Spain

Spanish brown

1758 Dossie

1585/1598 Lomazzo, browne of Spaine

Spanish green, see Malachite

1584 Borghini, verde azzurro

Spanish white

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, blanc d’Espagne

1758 Dossie, or Troy white

1686 Waller

1680 Brenner

1606 Peacham

Stag-Horn Black

1797 Massoul

Stil-de-grain

late 17^th century Volpato, giallo santo

1684 de Piles, stil-de-grain

1681 Baldinucci, giallosanto

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, ancorca

1633 Carducho, ancorca

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, grain d’Avignon, stil de grun

1584 Borghini, giallo santo

Sun-Flower Blue

1797 Massoul

Syrian, Syricum

1606 Peacham

1^st century A.D. Pliny

Terra verte, see Green earth

19^th century

1758 Dossie, called Sea green

Troy white, as Spanish white

1758 Dossie

Tumeric wash

1773 Watin, Terra merita, curcuma longa, Saffran des Indes

1758 Dossie

Turnsole

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, costras de trapillo

1634 Cooper

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, tournesol

1606 Peacham, turnesoile

Turpeth mineral

1758 Dossie

Ultramarine, see Lapis lazuli

1797 Massoul

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, oltremariono

1686 Waller

1684 de Piles, outremer

1681 Baldinucci, azzurro oltramarino

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, ultramarino

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, outremarin

1620 de Mayerne

c.1599 Hilliard, ultermaryne of Venice

1585/1598 Lomazzo, oltramarino

1584 Borghini, azzurro oltramarino

Ultramarine ashes

1758 Dossie

1681 Baldinucci, cenere d’azzurro

Ultramarine blue, synthetic

19^th century

Ultramarine, Cyprus [Armenium, i.e. Azurite]

1680 Brenner

Ultramarine violet

19^th century

Umber

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, terre d’ombre

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, terra d’ombre

1686 Waller

1684 de Piles, terre-d’ombre

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, ocre oscuro, sombra

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, úmero de Venecia

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, terre d’ombre

1620 de Mayerne

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard

1585/1598 Lomazzo, terra d’ombra, falsalo

1584 Borghini, terra d’ombra

1^st century A.D. Pliny

Velvet blacke, see Ivory black

Venice ceruse, see Ceruse, White lead

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, blanc de Venise

1606 Peacham

Venetian red

1758 Dossie

1634 Cooper

Verdaccio, mixed green

1681 Baldinucci, verdaccio

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, verdaccio

1633 Carducho, verdaccio

Verdet

1773 Watin, verd-de-gris or verdet

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, verdet

Verdetto

1681 Baldinucci, as mountain green, si trouva nel monti de’Alemagna

Verdigris, see Crystallised, Distilled Verdigris, Eternal green

1797 Massoul, Ver-de-Grease

1773 Watin, verd-de-gris or verdet

1758 Dossie. Verdigrise

1681 Baldinucci, verderame

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, verdete

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, verdete

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, verdegris

1620 de Mayerne

1606 Peacham, vert-greace

1585/1598 Lomazzo, verderame, verdigrease

1584 Borghini, verderame

1^st century A.D. Pliny, aeruga

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, aeruga rasillis

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, aeruga

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus

Verditer, blue, green

19^th century

1635 Norgate

1630 de Mayerne

1606 Peacham, verditure

c.1599 Hilliard

Vermilion, see Cinnabar

19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, vermillon

1758 Dossie

1686 Waller

1684 de Piles, vermillon

1681 Baldinucci, vermiglio

1680 Brenner

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, vermellon

1633 Carducho, cinabrio artificial

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, vermillon, sinabre

1620 de Mayerne

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard, vermelion

1585/1598 Lomazzo, cenapri artificiale, cynnabar

1584 Borghini, vermiglio

Vine black

1773 Watin, noir de vigne

1681 Baldinucci, nero di sermenti di vite

1584 Borghini, carboni di sermenti di vite

1^st century A.D. Pliny, atramentum

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

Violet Blue

1797 Massoul

Viridian, Vert emeraude

19^th century

Weld, Reseda luteola

1773 Watin, gaude

1681 Baldinucci, giallo called Arzica

1584 Borghini, arzica

White Chalk

1797 Massoul

White earths: Melian, Paratonium, Lemnian, Eretrian

1^st century A.D. Pliny, terra candicans

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius

3^rd century B.C. Theophrastus

White of Egg Shells, see Egg shell white

1797 Massoul

1584 Borghini, gusci d’uova

White flake, see Flake white

1758 Dossie

White lead, see Ceruse, Venetian ceruse

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, blanc de plomb

1758 Dossie

late 17^th century Volpato, biaca

1684 de Piles, blanc de plomb

1681 Baldinucci, biacca

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, albaialde

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, blanc de plomb

1620 de Mayerne

1606 Peacham

c.1599 Hilliard, whitlead

1585/1598 Lomazzo, biacca

1584 Borghini, biacca

1^st century A.D. Pliny, cerussa, psimithium

1^st century A.D. Dioscorides, cerusa, psimuthios

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, cerussa

White of Pearl

1797 Massoul

White of Rouen

1797 Massoul

White of Silver

1797 Massoul

White of Zinc

1797 Massoul

Woad, Isatis tinctoria

1681 Baldinucci, gaude, Indaco

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, fleurs de pastel

1584 Borghini, indico

1^st century A.D. Pliny, called in Gaul, glastum

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, isatis

Yellow berries. See Dutch pink, English pink

1634 Cooper

Yellow glass

1681 Baldinucci, giallo di vetro

1584 Borghini, giallo di vetro

Yellow lead, see Massicot

1681 Baldinucci, giallo di pombino

Yellow Ochre

19^th century19^th century

1797 Massoul

1773 Watin, ochre jaune

1758 Dossie, oker

1686 Waller

1684 de Piles, occre-jaune

1681 Baldinucci, ocria, gialla di terra

1656 Anonymous, A Tract…, ocre

1634 Cooper

1633 Carducho, ocre

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate

1621/1635 François/Le Brun, l’ochre jaune

1620 de Mayerne

c.1599 Hilliard, yeallowe oker

1585/1598 Lomazzo, ocrea

1584 Borghini, ocria

1^st century A.D. Pliny, sil

1^st century Dioscorides, ochre

1^st century B.C. Vitruvius, sil

3^rd century B. C. Theophrastus

Yellow wash from French berries, see Dutch pinke

1758 Dossie

Zaffre

1797 Massoul