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Mario Ruspoli
Lascaux Cave Drawings
These paintings were made tens of thousands of years ago on the walls of caves in what is now France. The paintings in the Cave of Lascaux rely…
Major General Tremernhere
Indigo Pigment
Originally printed in 1858, this map of India clearly indicates in blue the region from which a popular colorant was traditionally grown. Can you…
Jenny Dean
Logwood Pigment
Here is an entry on logwood as a dye for fiber and fabric. The dye produced by the heartwood of the logwood tree creates a range of colors, from…
Government Committee for Tourism in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia, now known as the two separate countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has a long tradition of mining. One of these minerals is…
Directorate of Overseas Surveys - Survey Production Centre
Swaziland
Like red ochre, yellow ochre is an earth pigment, mined worldwide. Yellow ochre was mined from Swaziland's Bomvu Ridge as long as forth thousand years…
Arnold Colom & Grace Rother
Pigments
The original map can be found here.