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Arnold Colom & Grace Rother
Pigments
The original map can be found here.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
National Geographic Society (U.S.) Cartographic Division
Middle East
Verdigris is a green colorant made from the corrosion of copper. Its uses originate from Spain and Greece, with Cyprus being one of the best original…
National Geographic Society (U.S.) Cartographic Division
Mediterranean, Sepia Pigment
The cuttlefish is known to inhabit the shallows of the Mediterranean Sea where it has long been a popular source for extracting the grey-brown pigment…