A wide variety of wavelengths (colors) encounter a pigment. This pigment absorbs red and green light, but reflects blue, creating the color blue.
Pigments for sale at a market stall in Goa, India.
A wide variety of wavelengths (colors) encounter a pigment. This pigment absorbs red and green light, but reflects blue, creating the color blue.
Self Portrait by Paul Cézanne. Working in the late 19th century, Cézanne had a palette of colors that earlier generations of artists could only have dreamed of.
Question 2: In many cases the perceived color of a pigment falls outside of the ________ of computer displays and a method called gamut mapping is used to approximate the true appearance.
Question 3: [11] Swatches are based on the average measurements of several lots of single-pigment watercolor paints, converted from ________ to sRGB color space for viewing on a computer display.
Question 4: The 17th century Dutch master ________ often made lavish use of lapis lazuli, along with Carmine and Indian yellow, in his vibrant paintings.
Question 5: The only way to achieve a deep rich blue was by using a semi-precious stone, ________, to produce a pigment known as ultramarine, and the best sources of lapis were remote.
Question 6: Development of chemical pigments and dyes helped bring new industrial prosperity to ________ and other countries in northern Europe, but it brought dissolution and decline elsewhere.