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The Pigments

as named in the Treatises

An Index of all the pigments named and described in the Treatises from the book-70 TITLES. Entries to be added as TITLES are published, although some 16th century entries are included.

AUTHORS

For full entries see Treatises, Biblio.

• Anonymous. A Tract on the Art of Painting,  c. 1656. 17th 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. 16th Century Colour Palettes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

pastedGraphic_2.png Alizarin red lake

19th century

pastedGraphic_3.pngAlmond black

1681  Baldinucci, gusci delle mandorle abbruciando

1584  Borghini, gusci delle mandorle abbruciando

pastedGraphic_4.pngAntwerp blue

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_5.pngArchal or Orchal, see Orchal, orchil

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_6.pngArmenian blue, see Azurite

1st century A.D.  Pliny, Armenium

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, Armenion

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, Armenium

pastedGraphic_6.pngArmenus Lapis, see Azurite

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_7.pngArzica, see Weld

pastedGraphic_6.pngAsh blue, see Azurite

1773  Watin, cendre bleue

1684  de Piles. cendre bleu d’Allemagne

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_3.pngAsphaltum

1758  Dossie

1797  Massoul, Bitumen of Judea

late 17th century  Volpato, aspalto

1681  Baldinucci, nero di spalto or bitume

1633  Carducho, espalto

1585/1598  Lomazzo, spalto

1584  Borghini, spalto

pastedGraphic_7.pngAureolin, see Cobalt yellow

pastedGraphic_6.pngAzur of Copper, or Mountain Blue, see Azurite

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_8.pngAzur Green

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_4.pngAzure, see Blue

1686  Waller

pastedGraphic_4.pngAzure blue, see Azurite

1634  Cooper

1681  Baldinucci, azure turchino, azurro di biadetti

1584  Borghini, azurro di biadetti

pastedGraphic_4.pngAzurite, 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

pastedGraphic_8.pngBarilla green, variety of Bladder green

1633  Carducho, verde granillo

1585/1598  Lomazzo, verde di barildo

pastedGraphic_3.pngBell black, see Earth of Campania

1681  Baldinucci, nero di terra di campana

1584  Borghini, nero di terra di campana

Bister

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_3.pngBlack 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, atramentum

pastedGraphic_8.pngBladder green, see Sap greens

1773  Watin, verd de vessie

1680  Brenner

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, vert de vessie

pastedGraphic_4.pngBleu de Cendres, Sanders blue, as blue verditer

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlew, 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

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlue, 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, cyanus

3rd century B.C.  Theocrastus, kyanos

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlue ashes, as Azurite

1681  Baldinucci, azurro di biadetti

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, costras de Sevilla

1633  Carducho, costras de Sevilla

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlue ashes, as Lapis lazuli – see Ultramarine ashes

1681  Baldinucci, cenere d’azzurro

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlue-green, as malachite

1681  Baldinucci, verde azzurro

1634  Cooper

1584  Borghini, verde azzurro

pastedGraphic_4.pngBlue verditer

1758  Dossie, as Bleu de Cendres, Sanders blue

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_2.pngBole Armoniack

1797  Massoul

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_9.pngBrilliant yellow

19th century

pastedGraphic_3.pngBone 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

pastedGraphic_10.pngBougival white

1773  Watin, blanc de Bougival

Brazil wood

1758  Dossie

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, bresil

1584  Borghini, verzino

pastedGraphic_11.pngBrown Ochre, Oker

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_12.pngBrown Pink

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_11.pngBrown-red, see English Brown-red

1797  Massoul

1684  de Piles, brun-rouge

pastedGraphic_11.pngBrowne of Spaine

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_8.pngBrunswick green

19th century

pastedGraphic_10.pngBurnt hartshorn

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_12.pngBurnt Siena

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_12.pngBurnt yellow ochre

1686  Waller

1681  Baldinucci, giallo di terra abbruciatta

1634  Cooper

1584  Borghini, giuggiolino

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, usta vero

pastedGraphic_13.pngBurnt Orpiment as Realgar

1681  Baldinucci, orpimento arso

1585/1598  Lomazzo, oropimento atso

pastedGraphic_8.pngCadmium green

19th century

pastedGraphic_2.pngCadmium red

19th century

pastedGraphic_13.pngCadmium yellow orange

19th century

pastedGraphic_9.pngCadmium yellow

19th century

pastedGraphic_2.pngCalcined vitriol, see Red vitriol

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_11.pngCaput Mortuum, Common Indian Red

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_3.pngCarbon black

1773  Watin, noir de charbon

1684  de Piles, noir de charbon

1681  Baldinucci, nero di carbone

pastedGraphic_2.pngCarmine

19th 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

pastedGraphic_11.pngCassel Earth, or Vandyke Brown

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_8.pngCeder greene, see Chrysocolla

c.1599  Hilliard

pastedGraphic_4.pngCerulean

19th century

pastedGraphic_10.pngCeruse, 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

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

1st century A.D.  Diosocrides, ceruse

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, cerussa

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus, ceruse

pastedGraphic_10.pngChalk

1773  Watin, blanc de craye

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, blanc de craie

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_3.pngCharcoal 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

1st century B.C. Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_3.pngCheristone [black]

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

c.1599  Hilliard

pastedGraphic_8.pngChrome green

19th century

pastedGraphic_8.pngChromium oxide green

19th century

pastedGraphic_13.pngChrome yellow orange

19th century

pastedGraphic_7.pngChrome yellow

19th century

pastedGraphic_8.pngChrysocolla, see Malachite

pastedGraphic_2.pngCinnabar, mineral ore or powder

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, cinnabre

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, minio

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, kinnabari

1st  century B.C.  Vitruvius, minium

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_2.pngCinnabaris, see Dragon’s blood

1st century B.C.  Pliny

pastedGraphic_7.pngCobalt yellow, called Aureolin

19th century

pastedGraphic_14.pngCobalt blue

19th century

pastedGraphic_8.pngCobalt green

19th century

pastedGraphic_5.pngCobalt violet

19th century

pastedGraphic_14.pngCobalt glass

1773  Watin, verre de cobalt

pastedGraphic_2.pngCoccus, see Kermes

pastedGraphic_11.pngCologne earth

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, terre de Cologne

1680  Brenner

1634  Cooper

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

c. 1599  Hilliard. earth of cullen

pastedGraphic_3.pngColophony, pitch or resin black, see Lamp black

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, colofonia

pastedGraphic_2.pngCommon Indian Red, Caput Mortuum

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_10.pngCremnitz white, see Silver white

1773  Watin, blanc de Crems

pastedGraphic_13.pngCrocus martis

1797  Massoul

1662/1612  Neri

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

pastedGraphic_8.pngCrystallised verdigris, see Distilled verdigris, Eternal green

1634  Cooper

1681  Baldinucci, verde eterno

1680  Brenner

pastedGraphic_4.pngCyan Blue as Prussian Blue

19th century

pastedGraphic_4.pngCyanus, Blue, see Azurite

1st century A.D.  Pliny, cyanus

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, kyanos

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus, kyanos

pastedGraphic_15.pngDistilled verdigris, see Crystallised verdigris, Eternal green

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, distillé ver-de-gris

1758  Dossie

late 17th century  Volpato, verde eterno

1681  Baldinucci, verde eterno

pastedGraphic_2.pngDragon’s blood

1797  Massoul

1686  Waller

1680  Brenner

1584  Borghini, sangue di dragone

1st century A.D.  Pliny, cinnabaris

pastedGraphic_7.pngDutch pink, see Pinke, Pinke yellowe

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

1681  Baldinucci, giallosanto

1634  Cooper

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_3.pngEarth of Campania, see Bell black

1585/1598  Lomazzo

pastedGraphic_10.pngEgg shell white, see White of Egg shell

1758  Dossie

c. 1599  Hilliard

pastedGraphic_14.pngEgyptian blue, Alexandrian blue, Vestorian blue

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, cerulée

1st century A.D.  Pliny

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_15.pngEmerald green, Scheele’s green, Schweinfurt green,

Vert Véronèse

19th century

pastedGraphic_14.pngEnamel Blue

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, bleu d’émail

pastedGraphic_16.pngEnglish brown

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

1584  Borghini, bruno d’Inghilterra

pastedGraphic_2.pngEnglish oker

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

pastedGraphic_7.pngEnglish pink, see Dutch pinke

1758  Dossie

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_2.pngEnglish red  or red-brown ochre

1797  Massoul

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

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_2.pngEnglish reddle or ruddle, see Rubrica

1686  Waller

pastedGraphic_12.pngEnglish Stil-de-grain

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

pastedGraphic_2.pngEnglish vermilion

1773  Watin, vermillon d’Angleterre

pastedGraphic_8.pngEternal green / verde eterno: Crystallised or Distilled verdigris

late 17th century  Volpato, verde eterno

1681  Baldinucci, verde eterno

pastedGraphic_2.pngFine lakes, common lakes – see Lakes

pastedGraphic_10.pngFlake white

1773  Watin, blanc de plomb en écailles

1758  Dossie, White flake

pastedGraphic_10.pngFlint white

1680  Brenner

pastedGraphic_2.pngFlorentine lake, see Lakes

1680 Brenner

1633 Carducho

pastedGraphic_14.pngFlorey blew

1606  Peacham

c.1599  Hilliard, flory

pastedGraphic_16.pngGallstone

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

1680  Brenner

pastedGraphic_7.pngGamboge

19th century

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie, gumboge

1686  Waller, Gutta gamba

1680  Brenner

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, gomme goutte

pastedGraphic_7.pngGeneral or Generall as Massicot, Yellow lead

1606  Peacham

1585/1598  Lomazzo, giallolino de fornace di Alamagna

pastedGraphic_3.pngGerman black

1773  Watin, noir d’Allemagne

pastedGraphic_14.pngGerman blue, Azurro delia Magna

1681  Baldinucci, azurro d’Alemagna

1584  Borghini, azurro della Magna

pastedGraphic_15.pngGerman green, see Mountain green

pastedGraphic_2.pngGrana, see Kermes

pastedGraphic_15.pngGreen earth, terre verte

1773  Watin, terre verte commune, terre verte de Vérone

late 17th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, creta viridis

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, creta viridis

pastedGraphic_15.pngGreen Ochre of Copper or Malachite

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_15.pngGreen verditer

1797  Massoul

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

pastedGraphic_15.pngGreene bice, bise, bize as Malachite; see Blue green

1627-8/1648  Norgate, green bise

1606  Peacham

1585/1598  Lomazzo, bize, verde azurri

pastedGraphic_17.pngGutta gamba, see Gamboge

pastedGraphic_10.pngGypsum

1585/1598  Lomazzo, gesso

pastedGraphic_2.pngHaematite

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

pastedGraphic_15.pngHoly green, verde santo. See Sap greens

1585/1598  Lomazzo, verdetto, verde santo

pastedGraphic_17.pngHoly yellow, giallo santo. See Dutch pinke

pastedGraphic_14.pngHungary blue, see Azurite

1585/1598  Lomazzo, Ongaro

pastedGraphic_15.pngHungary green, see Malachite

1773  Watin, verd de montagne or verd de Hongrie

pastedGraphic_18.pngHysginum

1st century A.D.  Pliny

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_14.pngIndebaudias, as Lapis lazuli

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_14.pngIndian Blue

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_18.pngIndian lake

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

c.1599  Hilliard, lake of India

pastedGraphic_18.pngIndian Red, Persian Earth

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie, true

pastedGraphic_14.pngIndigo, indico, indicum

19th century

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, l’inde and indigo

1758  Dossie, Indico

late 17th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, Indico

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, indikon

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, indicum

pastedGraphic_15.pngIris green

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, verd d’iris

1680  Brenner

pastedGraphic_3.pngIron dross black

1681  Baldinucci, nero di schiuma di ferro

1584  Borghini, nero di schiuma di ferro

pastedGraphic_16.pngItalian earth

1773  Watin, terre d’Italie

pastedGraphic_3.pngIvory black

19th 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

pastedGraphic_18.pngKermes, Coccus, Grana

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, grana

1584  Borghini, grana

1st century A.D.  Pliny, coccus

pastedGraphic_17.pngKing’s yellow

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_5.pngKorck or Orchal, see Orchal, Orchil

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_18.pngLakes, Fine, Common

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, laque fine de Venise, laque platte

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_3.pngLamp black, see Colophony, Soot black

19th century

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, noir de fumée

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, atramentum

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_14.pngLapis lazuli, see Ultramarine

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, lapis lazuli or pierre d’azur

1758  Dossie

1681  Baldinucci, lapislazzolo & lapislazzuli

1584  Borghini, lapislazzero

pastedGraphic_14.pngLapis Armenius, see Azurite

y1686  Waller, Lapis Armenius

pastedGraphic_17.pngLight pink

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_10.pngLime White, see Sangionvani white

1797  Massoul

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_17.pngLitharge

19th century

1st century A.D.  Pliny

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, litharguros

pastedGraphic_5.pngLitmos, 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

pastedGraphic_2.pngMadder, Rubia tinctoria

1st century A.D.  Pliny

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, rubiae radice

pastedGraphic_15.pngMalachite, see Green bice

1797  Massoul

1686  Waller

pastedGraphic_15.pngMalachite, called Chrysocolla

1680  Brenner

1634  Cooper

1st century A.D.  Pliny, chrysocolla

1st century A.D. Dioscorides, chrysocolla

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, chrysocolla

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_5.pngManganese violet

19th century

pastedGraphic_17.pngMars Yellow

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_17.pngMartial Ochres

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_17.pngMassicot, Masticot, as Yellow lead

1797  Massoul, massicott

1773  Watin, massicot

1758  Dossie, masticot

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_2.pngMinium as Cinnabar; see Cinnabar

1681  Baldinucci, cinabro, minio

1584  Borghini, minio

1st century A.D.  Pliny, minio

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, minium

pastedGraphic_13.pngMinium as Red lead

19th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, minium secondarius

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, sandaraca

pastedGraphic_14.pngMountain blue, see Azurite

1797  Massoul

1686  Waller

1680  Brenner

1634  Cooper

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_15.pngMountain 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

 

pastedGraphic_17.pngMountain ochre, see Ochre de rue

pastedGraphic_18.pngMountain Red

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_17.pngMountain Yellow

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_3.pngMummy

1585/1598  Lomazzo, mumia

pastedGraphic_5.pngMurex, see Purples

pastedGraphic_5.pngMurrey

c.1599  Hilliard, dark lakes from Venice or Antwerp

pastedGraphic_17.pngNaples Yellow

19th century

1797  Massoul. or Giallolino

1773  Watin, jaune de Naples

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_7.pngOchre 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

pastedGraphic_7.pngOker de luke or luce

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_13.pngOrange lake

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_13.pngOrange tawny

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

pastedGraphic_5.pngOrchal, Orchil, as Litmos

1758  Dossie, or archal

1633  Carducho. orchilla

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_7.pngOrpiment

19th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, auripigmento

1st century A.D.  Diocorides, arsenicon

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, auripigmentum

pastedGraphic_15.pngPansy greene

c.1599  Hilliard

pastedGraphic_3.pngPeach Black

19th 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

pastedGraphic_10.pngPearl white

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_18.pngPersian Earth, see Indian Red

pastedGraphic_7.pngPinke, see Pinnke yealow

1627-8 / 1648 Norgate, pinke

c.1599  Hilliard

1585/1598  Lomazzo, giallo santo, holy yellow

pastedGraphic_7.pngPinke yealow, see Pinke, Dutch pink

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_5.pngPorporino

1681  Baldinucci, porporino

1584  Borghini, porporino

pastedGraphic_7.pngPrecipitate of Gold, or Casius

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_14.pngPrussian Blue

19th century

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, bleu de Prusse

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_15.pngPrussian Green

1797   Massoul

1758   Dossie

pastedGraphic_2.pngPrussian Red

1773  Watin, rouge de Prusse

pastedGraphic_5.pngPurple lake as Indigo

1681  Baldinucci, lacca mussa, paonazzo

pastedGraphic_5.pngPurples, Murex, Whelks

1st century A.D.  Pliny, purpurae

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, ostrum

pastedGraphic_7.pngPurpurine

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, purpurine

pastedGraphic_13.pngRealgar, see Orpiment

1797  Massoul, or Red Orpiment

1773  Watin, realgar

1681  Baldinucci, orpimento arso

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, rejalgar

1633  Carducho, rejalgar

pastedGraphic_13.pngRealgar called Sandarach

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, sandaraque

1st century A.D.  Pliny, sandarach

1st century A.D.  Diocorides, sandarac

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, natural sandarach

pastedGraphic_11.pngRed brown, see English red-brown

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

pastedGraphic_2.pngRed earth, see Red ochre

pastedGraphic_2.pngRed lakes, see Lakes

1620  de Mayerne

pastedGraphic_13.pngRed lead, see Orange tawny

1758  Dossie, or minium

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_13.pngRed lead, burnt lead, called Sandarach; see Minium

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

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, molubdos kekaumenos

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, sandaraca

pastedGraphic_2.pngRed ochre, see Sinopis

19th century

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, ochre rouge

1758  Dossie, oker

late 17th 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

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

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

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, rubrica

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_13.pngRed Orpiment, or Realgar

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_2.pngRed rust of iron, English iron oxide

1633  Carducho,pabonazo

pastedGraphic_2.pngRed vitriol, see Calcined vitriol

1633  Carducho

pastedGraphic_2.pngReddle, Ruddle, see Red ochre

pastedGraphic_10.pngRing white

1st century A.D.  Pliny, anulare

pastedGraphic_19.pngRose lake, or rose pink

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_19.pngRose madder

19th century

pastedGraphic_19.pngRose pink

1758  Dossie, or Rose lake

pastedGraphic_19.pngRoset, Rosette

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, rosette

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_19.pngRouget

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, rouget

pastedGraphic_2.pngRubrica, see Red ochre

1686  Waller

pastedGraphic_7.pngSaffron

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

pastedGraphic_13.pngSaffron orange

1634  Cooper

pastedGraphic_5.pngSalt purple

1681  Baldinucci, paonazzo di sale

1584  Borghini, paonazzo di sale

pastedGraphic_13.pngSandaraque as Realgar

1680  Brenner

1st century A.D.  Pliny

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_14.pngSanders Blue

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie, as blue verditer

pastedGraphic_15.pngSanders Green

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_2.pngSandyx

1st century A.D.  Pliny

pastedGraphic_10.pngSangiovanni white

1681  Baldinucci, bianco sangiovanni

1584  Borghini, bianco sangiovanni

pastedGraphic_15.pngSap 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

pastedGraphic_10.pngSatin white, see Ceruse

c.1599  Hilliard, sattin whit

pastedGraphic_2.pngSaturnine Red

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_2.pngScarlet oker

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_3.pngSeacole

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate

pastedGraphic_15.pngSea green

1758  Dossie, terra verte

pastedGraphic_15.png Scheele’s green, see Emerald green, Schweinfurt green

pastedGraphic_15.png Schweinfurt green, see Emerald green, Scheele’s green

pastedGraphic_16.pngSiennas

19th century

1797  Massoul, terra de Sienna

1681  Baldinucci, giallo di Sienna

pastedGraphic_10.pngSilver white

19th century

pastedGraphic_2.pngSinaper lake

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_2.png Sinaper tops, Synaper tops

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_2.pngSinopia, see Red ochre

1584  Borghini, cinopia

1st century A.D.  Pliny, Sinopis

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

pastedGraphic_14.pngSky blue, see Azur

pastedGraphic_14.pngSmalt

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, smalte

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_3.pngSpalt, see Asphaltum

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, espalto

1627-8 / 1648  Norgate, spaltam

c.1599  Hilliard, spalte

pastedGraphic_14.pngSpanish blue, see Azurite

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_16.pngSpanish brown

1758   Dossie

1585/1598  Lomazzo, browne of Spaine

pastedGraphic_15.pngSpanish green, see Malachite

1584  Borghini, verde azzurro

pastedGraphic_10.pngSpanish white

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, blanc d’Espagne

1758  Dossie, or Troy white

1686  Waller

1680  Brenner

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_3.pngStag-Horn Black

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_7.pngStil-de-grain

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_14.pngSun-Flower Blue

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_2.pngSyrian, Syricum

1606  Peacham

1st century A.D.  Pliny

pastedGraphic_15.pngTerra verte, see Green earth

19th century

1758  Dossie, called Sea green

pastedGraphic_20.pngTroy white, as Spanish white

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_7.pngTumeric wash

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

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_5.pngTurnsole

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, costras de trapillo

1634  Cooper

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, tournesol

1606  Peacham, turnesoile

pastedGraphic_7.pngTurpeth mineral

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_14.pngUltramarine, see Lapis lazuli

1797  Massoul

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

pastedGraphic_14.pngUltramarine ashes

1758  Dossie

1681  Baldinucci, cenere d’azzurro

pastedGraphic_14.pngUltramarine blue, synthetic

19th century

pastedGraphic_14.pngUltramarine, Cyprus [Armenium, i.e. Azurite]

1680  Brenner

pastedGraphic_5.pngUltramarine violet

19th century

pastedGraphic_11.pngUmber

19th century

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, terre d’ombre

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny

pastedGraphic_3.pngVelvet blacke, see Ivory black

pastedGraphic_20.pngVenice ceruse, see Ceruse, White lead

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, blanc de Venise

1606  Peacham

pastedGraphic_2.pngVenetian red

1758  Dossie

1634  Cooper

pastedGraphic_15.pngVerdaccio, mixed green

1681  Baldinucci, verdaccio

1656  Anonymous, A Tract…, verdaccio

1633  Carducho, verdaccio

pastedGraphic_8.pngVerdet

1773  Watin, verd-de-gris or verdet

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, verdet

pastedGraphic_8.pngVerdetto

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

pastedGraphic_15.pngVerdigris, 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

1st century A.D.  Pliny, aeruga

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides, aeruga rasillis

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, aeruga

3rd century B.C. Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_14.pngVerditer, blue, green

19th century

1635  Norgate

1630 de Mayerne

1606  Peacham, verditure

c.1599  Hilliard

pastedGraphic_2.pngVermilion, see Cinnabar

19th 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

pastedGraphic_3.pngVine black

1773  Watin, noir de vigne

1681  Baldinucci, nero di sermenti di vite

1584  Borghini, carboni di sermenti di vite

1st century A.D.  Pliny, atramentum

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

pastedGraphic_21.pngViolet Blue

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_15.pngViridian, Vert emeraude

19th century

pastedGraphic_7.pngWeld, Reseda luteola

1773  Watin, gaude

1681  Baldinucci, giallo called Arzica

1584  Borghini, arzica

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite Chalk

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite earths: Melian, Paratonium, Lemnian, Eretrian

1st century A.D.  Pliny, terra candicans

1st century A.D.  Dioscorides

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius

3rd century B.C.  Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite of Egg Shells, see Egg shell white

1797  Massoul

1584  Borghini, gusci d’uova

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite flake, see Flake white

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite lead, see Ceruse, Venetian ceruse

1797  Massoul

1773  Watin, blanc de plomb

1758  Dossie

late 17th 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

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

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

1st century B.C. Vitruvius, cerussa

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite of Pearl

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite of Rouen

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite of Silver

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_20.pngWhite of Zinc

1797  Massoul

pastedGraphic_14.pngWoad, Isatis tinctoria

1681  Baldinucci, gaude, Indaco

1621/1635  François/Le Brun, fleurs de pastel

1584  Borghini, indico

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

1st century B.C.  Vitruvius, isatis

pastedGraphic_7.pngYellow berries. See Dutch pink, English pink

1634  Cooper

pastedGraphic_7.pngYellow glass

1681  Baldinucci, giallo di vetro

1584  Borghini, giallo di vetro

pastedGraphic_7.pngYellow lead, see Massicot

1681  Baldinucci, giallo di pombino

pastedGraphic_7.pngYellow Ochre

19th century19th 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

1st century A.D. Pliny, sil

1st century  Dioscorides, ochre

1st century B.C. Vitruvius, sil

3rd century B. C.  Theophrastus

pastedGraphic_7.pngYellow wash from French berries, see Dutch pinke

1758  Dossie

pastedGraphic_14.pngZaffre

1797  Massoul