Golden Oldie #2: Pigments and Dyes for Art Media

Back in 2008 I did a mammoth project all about Colour. Colour - a materials perspective #1 - pigments and dyes is one of the posts I did about my research into what creates colour - and relates to the materials used to create coloured art media.

It provides a materials perspective on colour for artists and a basic overview of pigments and dyes. 

Pigments I found in a shop in Venice

Pigments and dyes are a prime component of the colour used by artists - but

• Where do they come from?
• Which are 'old' colours and which are new?
• What or who creates them?

Colour - a materials perspective #1 - pigments and dyes will interest all those:

• who are seriously interested in what goes into the colours they make their art with
• those who want to understand the differences between pigments and dyes
• those who want to understand what is
• Organic and Inorganic;
• natural and synthetic
• how pigments behave
• what binders are used

At the end there are a series of Learning Points I derived from my research.

TIPS FOR ARTISTS - THE BASICS (In Draft)

NOTE: The entire Colour project will be moving to a BIG section in my (still in draft) Tips for Artists website. The aim is to make all the relevant information for artists that I've collected over the years much more accessible.