An Artist’s Use of Colour: Titian
It was long thought that Titian painted on a dark ground but, in fact, analysis has shown that he pr…
Painters’ Palettes: Vermeer
Studies of paintings by Johannes Vermeer show that he liked to work on a coloured ground. Analysis o…
Lowry’s Palette: An artist’s use of colour
Rent collector by day and painter by night, Lowry’s hugely popular paintings depicted the working cl…
Turner’s Palette: An artist’s use of colour
JMW Turner, not overly interested in posterity, frequently used pigments that would give immediate i…
Painters’ Palettes: Michelangelo
Madonna and Child with St. John This unfinished work shows us that Michelangelo used Terre Vert – ma…
The History of Crimson
The word Crimson derives from the Arabic – qirmizi – the name of a red dye and the mediterranean, oa…
Looking at Vermilion – the Colour of Money
At the time that these Frescoes in a Pompeian Villa were painted, Cinnabar or Vermilion Red was one …
History of Yellow Pigment in Painting
Many yellows have appeared throughout history in a desperate effort to find a true, bright and light…