Pigments through the Ages

              
/ chawk /
Chalk 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  How Chalk is made:
        
Source:
Chalk is a rock derived from marine ooze and largely composed of fossil remains of unicellular algae. Mineral: calcite


Natural variety of pigment
crude chalk is left to weather, then ground and washed.

  The ground pigment:   
        
Pile of ground Chalk:


Other whites        
(intro) - Calcium carbonate whites - lead white - titanium dioxide - zinc white        

 Sections:  

  purples  

  blues  

  greens  

  yellows  

  oranges  

  reds  

  whites  

  browns  

  blacks  

    
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