Artists' Pigments
Subtitle: A Handbook of Their History & Characteristics (A National Gallery of Art U. S. a. Publication)
Contributors: Elisabeth West Fitzhugh (Editor); Robert L. Feller (Editor); Ashok Roy (Editor)
Edition: 3rd edition
Publisher: National Gallery of Art
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780894682568
Subjects: Painting & paintings; Pigments, dyestuffs & paint technology; Pigments; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Reference; Color Theory; Techniques - General; Artists' materials
First sentence: Egyptian blue is a calcium copper silicate that is made by heating together to approximately 850C a calcium compound (such as powdered limestone), a copper compound (such as malachite), and silica (usually in the form of quartz sand).