Pigments for natural colors - plants, animals, stones ...
These pictures show natural objects together with our pigments. The color comparison allows a better perception of the pigment colors. The photos can also be used to adjust the settings of your computer monitor.
The pictures were taken by Monika Titelius in 2008. Like all of the contents on this website the photos are subject to our copyright.
Red Apple, Malus × domestica
Pigments, from top:
42714 Garnet Powder Red 0.4 - 0.8 mm
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42712 Garnet Powder Red 0.2 - 0.6 mm
42711 Garnet Powder Red 0.1 - 0.3 mm
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42716 Garnet Sand Red 0.7 - 1.2 mm
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Azurite stone
Pigments:
10203 Azurite MP, extra deep
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103700 Malachite Arabian, 0 - 120 µ
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10300 Malachite natural, 0 - 120 µ
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10206 Azurite MP, pale
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10207 Azurite MP, greenish light
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10343 Malachite MP, 80 - 100 µ
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Dahlia, Dahlia x hortensis
Pigments, from top:
23152 Hostaperm® Pink E
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23710 Cinquasia® Violet RT 201 D
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23700 Thioindigo Red
23410 Quindo® Red R 6713
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23230 Permanent Red A, Anthraquinone pigment
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Amelanchier
Pigments:
40020 French Ochre RTFLES
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40010 French Ochre JTCLES
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40060 French Ochre JALS
40080 French Ochre HAVANE
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40090 French Ochre SOFOROUGE
40012 French Ochre, very light
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Different Lichens, and bug, Heteroptera
Pigments:
17410 Bluish Green Earth
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11421 Fuchsite, 100 - 250 µ
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17400 Green Earth
59302 Alpine Green, green marble, 0.6 - 1.2 mm
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11424 Fuchsite, 500 - 1000 µ
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Obedient Plant, Pysostegia virginiana
Pigments left:
45110 Ultramarine Violet Dark
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45120 Ultramarine Violet Light reddish
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45800 Cobalt Violet Dark
Pigments right:
45820 Cobalt Violet Brilliant Light
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45350 Manganese Violet
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Garden Nasturtium, Tropaeolum Majus
Pigments:
23291 Permanent Red FRLL
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40194 Gold Ochre
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23178 Irgazine® Orange DPP RA
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37392 Stil de Grain
23182 Irgazine® Ruby DPP-TR
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23493 Gubbio Red
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Chinese lantern plant , Physalis alkegengi
Pigments:
23670 Irgazin® Gelb 2 RLT
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24000 Paliotol® Yellow-Orange
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23800 Isoindolol Orange
23560 Paliogen® Orange
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44500 Cadmium Green Light
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23540 Paliotol® Orange
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Crabapple, Malus spec.
Pigments:
39082 Coloured glass, Brilliant Gold, transparent
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39088 Coloured glass, Pea-Green, opaque
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39050 Coloured glass, Canary Yellow, opaque
39112 Coloured glass, Seed-Green, opaque
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39110 Coloured glass, Lemon Yellow-Green, transparent
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Chard, Beta vulgaris
Pigments, from top:
23560 Paliogen® Orange
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23540 Paliotol® Orange
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40612 Raw Umber, Italy
40821 Green Earth from Verona
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36020 Lac Dye
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Evening primrose, Oenothera biennis
Pigments from top:
43101 Bristol Yellow pale, lead-free
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43940 Baryte Yellow
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43500 Cobalt Yellow
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43230 Praseodym Yellow
43200 Nickel-Titanium Yellow
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43880 Intensive Yellow
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European Spindle, Euonymus europaeus
Pigments, from top:
23410 Quindo® Red R 6713
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23402 Quindo® Pink D
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23540 Paliotol® Orange
23152 Hostaperm® Pink E
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23720 Hostaperm® Red
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Horse-chestnut, Aesculus hippocastanum
Pigments, top row:
48350 Iron Oxide Brown 660, dark
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48220 Caput Mortuum Synthetic 180 M
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48100 Iron Oxide Red 110 M light
Pigments, bottom row:
48300 Iron Oxide Brown 610, light
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48060 Iron Oxide Orange 960
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48200 Iron Oxide Red 130 M
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Snowberry, Symphoricarpos albus
Pigments, from top:
11290 Sugar Dolomite
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11320 Rhodochrosite
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11283 Alba Albula
11181 Andeer green, fine, 0 - 200 µ
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11674 Obsidian
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11150 Epidote
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Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum
Pigments, clockwise, start top left:
23370 Pyramid-Yellow medium
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23250 Permanent Red dark
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44100 Cobalt Green
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Common walnut, Juglans regia
Pigments,, clockwise, start top middle:
23330 Irgazin® Yellow, greenish
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11150 Epidote
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40200 Ochre Avana
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40012 French Ochre, very light
11540 Taunus Ochre, light
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11520 Jarosite
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Zinnia, Zinnia spec.
Pigments, from top:
21080 Cadmium Orange No. 0, very light
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21090 Cadmium Orange No. 0.5, light
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21100 Cadmium Orange No. 1, medium
21110 Cadmium Orange No. 2, deep
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21120 Cadmium Red No. 1, light
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21130 Cadmium Red No. 2, medium
21140 Cadmium Red No. 3, dark
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21150 Cadmium Red No. 4, bluish purple
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Romanesco Cabbage, Brassica oleracea
Pigments, clockwise, start top left:
10064 Egyptian Green, copper glass
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44700 Ultramarine Green, genuine
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44400 Malachite
45760 Cobalt Blue Turquoise Dark
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23850 Studio Yellow
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44110 Cobalt Oxide Green Blue
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Beans "Steirische Wachtel", Paseolus vulgaris
Pigments:
23610 Alizarine Crimson dark
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23720 Hostaperm® Red
23410 Quindo® Red R 6713
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23402 Quindo® Pink D
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Carline thistle , Carlina acaulis
Pigments:
40623 Manganese Brown Intense
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40720 Burnt Umber, Cyprian, dark brown
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23451 Dioxazine Violet
50221 Pearl Luster Chroma Gold
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46280 Buff Titanium
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44100 Cobalt Green
40710 Burnt Umber, Cyprus
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44250 Viridian Green
43230 Praseodym Yellow
45350 Manganese Violet
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Slug, Arion rufus
Pigments, clockwise, from top:
48060 Iron Oxide Orange 960
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40020 French Ochre RTFLES
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40723 Burnt Umber type B
48300 Iron Oxide Brown 610, light
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40490 Rosso Sartorius
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40231 Brown Ochre
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Banana, Musa paradisiaca
Pigments, from top:
40400 Raw Sienna, Italy
37392 Stil de Grain
17000 Jarosite
11283 Alba Albula
37050 Gamboge
11572 Burgundy Yellow Ochre, 0 - 80 µ
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Crayfish, Astacoidea
Pigments:
40231 Brown Ochre
40720 Burnt Umber, Cyprian, dark brown
40612 Raw Umber, Italy
40542 English Red Light
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Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea
Pigments:
10628 Cinnabar dark, 63 - 100 µ
48250 Iron Oxide Red 222, dark
23700 Thioindigo Red
36300 Wild Saffron
23490 Purple-Red
23710 Cinquasia® Violet RT 201 D
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Mussels, Bivalvia
Pigments, 1st row:
59503 Black Marble, 1.2 - 1.8 mm
47324 Basalt Powder Black 0 - 0.1 mm
47327 Basalt Sand Black, grain size 0.2 - 0.6 mm
2nd row:
59501 Black Marble, 0 - 0.6 mm
59504 Black Marble, 1.8 - 2.5 mm
47328 Basalt Sand Black 0.5 - 1 mm
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Calendula, Calendula officinalis
Pigments:
56200 Fluorescent Pigment, Golden Yellow
23178 Irgazine® Orange DPP RA
23560 Paliogen® Orange
23540 Paliotol® Orange
55200 Studio pigment, Orange
23670 Irgazin® Yellow 2 RLT
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Goldenrod, Solidago gigantea
Pigments:
23330 Irgazin® Yellow, greenish
23650 Brilliant Yellow
23370 Pyramid-Yellow medium
11150 Epidote
37392 Stil de Grain
37220 Turmeric Powder
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Beetroot, Beta vulgaris
Pigments:
23700 Thioindigo Red
42100 Carmine Naccarat
345120 Cibacron® Yellow F-3R
23152 Hostaperm® Pink E
23710 Cinquasia® Violet RT 201 D
48220 Caput Mortuum Synthetic 180 M
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Rose Campion, Lychnis coronaria
Pigments:
SA-MAGENTA PR 122.73915
23402 Quindo® Pink D
45820 Cobalt Violet Brilliant Light
55470 Studio pigment, Pink
23152 Hostaperm® Pink E
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Poppy - Papaver somniferum
Pigments, clockwise, from top left:
23700 Thioindigo Red
10154 Pinkcolor Deep
23750 Alizarine Violet
104500 Vesuvianite, 0 - 120 µ
23710 Cinquasia® Violet RT 201 D
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Cornflower, Centaurea cyanus
Pigments, from top:
10072 HAN-Blue Deep
10010 Smalt, very fine grind
45080 Ultramarine Blue Light
10075 HAN-Purple, 40 - 80 µ
45100 Ultramarine Violet Medium
45110 Ultramarine Violet Dark
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Cherry, Cerasus spec.
Pigments, clockwise, from top left:
21150 Cadmium Red No. 4, bluish purple
21140 Cadmium Red No. 3, dark
23182 Irgazine® Ruby DPP-TR
23290 Permanent Red B
26310 XSL Irgazine® Red DPP
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Zucchini, Cucurbita pepo
Pigments - top:
23660 Isoindolinon Yellow
2. row:
23310 Permanent Yellow medium
23370 Pyramid-Yellow medium
43131 Bristol-Yellow reddish
3. row:
21060 Cadmium Yellow No. 9, dark
24000 Paliotol® Yellow-Orange
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Garden Pea, Pisum sativum
Pigments, left row, from top:
55700 Studio pigment, Light Green
41750 Vagone Green Earth
23330 Irgazin® Yellow, greenish
Pigments, right row, from top:
44500 Cadmium Green Light
11120 Volkonskoite
11100 Bavarian Green Earth
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Red currant, Ribes rubrum
Pigments:
23180 Irgazine® Red DPP BO
23179 Irgazine® Scarlet DPP EK
23950 Studio Red, Helio
23168 IRGAZIN® Orange DPP RTR - Sold out
23290 Permanent Red B
37110 Saffron
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Grove snail, Cepaea nemoralis
Pigments, clockwise, start top left:
43880 Intensive Yellow
49600 Zinc-Iron Chrome Brown
23350 Indian Yellow imitation
49500 Zinc-Iron Brown Light
23370 Pyramid-Yellow medium
58250 Kaolin
40220 Italian Gold Ochre light
48350 Iron Oxide Brown 660, dark
1675914 Tiger-Eye TYOUJICHA, No. 14
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Phyteuma nigrum
Pigments:
36308 Elder
26405 XSL Phthalo Blue, Royal Blue
54000 Bismuth
11140 Aegirine, 0 - 63 µ
50500 Pearl Luster Chroma Blue
48710 Caput Mortuum dark
12015 Grape Black
23451 Dioxazine Violet
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Briza media
Pigments:
11620 Brown Earth from Otranto
11350 Côte d'Azur violet
11630 Iseo Brown
11140 Aegirine, 0 - 63 µ
40800 Green Earth
11010 Verona Green, very fine
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Rhododendron hirsutum
Pigments top row:
10154 Pinkcolor Deep
17000 Jarosite
2nd row:
55450 Studio pigment, Bordeaux
23410 Quindo® Red R 6713
SA-MAGENTA PR 122.73915
55400 Studio pigment, Dark Red
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American Tulip Tree, Lirodendron tulipifera
Pigments, from top:
23670 Irgazin® Yellow 2 RLT
40690 Umber Reddish, OK 46
40012 French Ochre, very light
44100 Cobalt Green
23800 Isoindolol Orange
43880 Intensive Yellow
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Peony, Paeonia officinalis
Pigments 1st row:
55470 Studio pigment, Pink
15261 IWA-Enogu® Iwamomo
42100 Carmine Naccarat
2nd row:
23410 Quindo® Red R 6713
23720 Hostaperm® Red
23710 Cinquasia® Violet RT 201 D
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Clover, Trifolium ssp.
Pigments:
39114 Coloured glass, Moss-Green, transparent
40821 Green Earth from Verona
17400 Green Earth
37390 Green Buckthorn Berries
39112 Coloured glass, Seed-Green, opaque
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Grape hyacinth, Muscari spec.
Pigments, from top right:
45000 Ultramarine Blue, very dark
10074 HAN-Purple, smaller than 40 µ
45030 Ultramarine Blue Greenish Extra
45100 Ultramarine Violet Medium
42600 Ultramarine Red
45350 Manganese Violet
Bottom right:
45800 Cobalt Violet Dark
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Daffodil
Pigments, from top, clockwise:
43111 Bristol Yellow dark
21020 Cadmium Yellow No. 2, very light
43910 Bismuth-Vanadate Yellow lemon
43230 Praseodym Yellow
43121 Naples Yellow, lemon
43200 Nickel-Titanium Yellow
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Morels, Morchella spec.
Pigments, from top, clockwise:
46280 Buff Titanium
40241 Fawn Ochre
40660 Raw Umber dark
41000 Van Dyck Brown
12100 Bistre
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Ostrich fern - Matteuccia struthiopteris
Pigments, from top left, clockwise:
40130 French Ochre SAHARA
39106 Coloured glass, Apple-Yellow, opaque
44200 Chrome Oxide Green
44500 Cadmium Green Light
23660 Isoindolinon Yellow
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Wood Forget-me-not - Myosotis sylvatica
Pigments, from top middle, clockwise:
43101 Bristol Yellow pale, lead-free
104500 Vesuvianite, 0 - 120 µ
10150 Pinkcolor
1056045 Lapis Lazuli from Chile, 38-45 µ
45400 Zirconium Cerulean Blue
10580 Ultramarine Ash
58979 Cristobalite - smalt blue
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Stinging nettle - Urticaca dioica
Pigments, from top left, clockwise:
23330 Irgazin® Yellow, greenish
37510 Henna Black
11120 Volkonskoite
41750 Vagone Green Earth
41820 Verona Green Earth, imitation
Middle:
23451 Dioxazine Violet
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Pasque Flower - Pulsatilla vulgaris
Pigments, from top:
50080 Pearl Luster Diamond Silver
40710 Burnt Umber, Cyprus
50520 Pearl Luster Chroma Lilac
40623 Manganese Brown Intense
40900 Slate Grey extra light
40810 Bohemian Green Earth
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Solomon's-seal - Polygonatum odoratum
Pigments:
44200 Chrome Oxide Green
17400 Green Earth
11210 Green Quartz
11354 Slate Green
17410 Bluish Green Earth
40830 Green Earth pale
11200 Green Jasper
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Bleeding heart - Dicentra spectabilis
Pigments:
23750 Alizarine Violet
40070 French Ochre SOFODOR
23152 Hostaperm® Pink E
40542 English Red Light
23610 Alizarine Crimson dark
23402 Quindo® Pink D
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Yellow Archangel - Lamium galeobdolon
Pigments:
37392 Stil de Grain
23300 Permanent Yellow light
23582 CIinquasia® Gold, brown-gold
43880 Intensive Yellow
23350 Indian Yellow imitation
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Chilli - Capsicum annuum
Pigments:
23182 Irgazine® Ruby DPP-TR
23480 Cinquasia® Chestnut brown
23950 Studio Red, Helio
36020 Lac Dye
37000 Dragon's Blood, powder
23490 Purple-Red
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Woad - Isatis tinctoria
Woad contains Indigo. Some natural indigo pigments:
36003 Indigo made of Woad
36007 Maya Blue
36000 Indigo, Genuine Indian
36002 Indigo, Genuine, pieces
36005 Indigo Blue
36006 Indigo Red-Violet
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