Artist Palettes

Roman Fresco Color Palette: The Exact Pigments they Used at Pompeii

Roman Fresco Color Palette: The Exact Pigments ...

Jerome Morrow

No ancient culture left behind a more completely preserved record of domestic wall painting than Pompeii. The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD sealed an entire city's pigments under ash,...

Roman Fresco Color Palette: The Exact Pigments ...

Jerome Morrow

No ancient culture left behind a more completely preserved record of domestic wall painting than Pompeii. The eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD sealed an entire city's pigments under ash,...

Maya Color Palette: The Exact Pigments they Used

Maya Color Palette: The Exact Pigments they Used

Jerome Morrow

Color in the ancient Maya world carried symbolic, ritual, and directional meaning across every medium. This article covers Maya color symbolism, the pigments used across wall paintings and murals, the...

Maya Color Palette: The Exact Pigments they Used

Jerome Morrow

Color in the ancient Maya world carried symbolic, ritual, and directional meaning across every medium. This article covers Maya color symbolism, the pigments used across wall paintings and murals, the...

Modigliani's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Modigliani's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

Modigliani's palette sits at a precise historical threshold. The earth pigments, lead white, vermilion, and bone black that structured centuries of European painting are all present in his work, used...

Modigliani's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

Modigliani's palette sits at a precise historical threshold. The earth pigments, lead white, vermilion, and bone black that structured centuries of European painting are all present in his work, used...

Ancient Egyptian Color Palette: The Exact Pigments they Used

Ancient Egyptian Color Palette: The Exact Pigme...

Jerome Morrow

Color in ancient Egypt was rarely purely decorative. Each hue carried symbolic weight, served ritual functions, and was produced from a specific set of mineral and organic materials that Egyptian...

Ancient Egyptian Color Palette: The Exact Pigme...

Jerome Morrow

Color in ancient Egypt was rarely purely decorative. Each hue carried symbolic weight, served ritual functions, and was produced from a specific set of mineral and organic materials that Egyptian...

Vermeer's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Vermeer's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

A technical breakdown of every pigment identified across four works: The Little Street (1657-58), The Milkmaid (1657-58), Girl with a Pearl Earring (ca. 1665), and Girl with the Red Hat...

Vermeer's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

A technical breakdown of every pigment identified across four works: The Little Street (1657-58), The Milkmaid (1657-58), Girl with a Pearl Earring (ca. 1665), and Girl with the Red Hat...

Titian's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Titian's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

A technical breakdown of every pigment identified across three major works: The Holy Family with a Shepherd (ca. 1510), Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23), and Diana and Actaeon (1556-59). For each...

Titian's Palette: The Exact Pigments He Used

Jerome Morrow

A technical breakdown of every pigment identified across three major works: The Holy Family with a Shepherd (ca. 1510), Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23), and Diana and Actaeon (1556-59). For each...