Coloria

A very rare book by Abraham Samzelius, Beskrifning på swenska färgegräsen. Sammandragen 1763, printed by Joh. Lindh., in Örebro 1765 about Swedish dye plants now in Coloriasto. Use chatgpt or google translate to translate recipes. coloriasto.blogspot.com/2026/03/samzel… More oldies to follow...

A description of dyeing Turkey Red cotton in "View of the Russian Empire" by William Tooke (P. Wogan, Dublin 1801). #turkeyred #historyofdyes #historyofdyeing coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/12/madder…

Overview of Artists' Materials is a fantastic page for anyone interested of old pigments and of their use. Short illustrations, beautiful images and lots of information! Recommended! - ILLUMINATED, Manuscripts in the making page, by the Fitzwilliam Museum fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/illuminated/la…

(1/3) New podcast episode & blog post out now! Episode feat Riina Rammo, @Lluhamaa & Debbie Bamford on traditional textile & dyeing practices. Blog post by Riina, Liis, Krista Wright & Kerttu Palginõmm on history of indigo blue dyes in Estonia. Found here: colour4crafts.eu/menu/engagemen…

The Dyer, and the Calico Printer, an engraving from The Panorama of Professions and Trades; or Every Man's Book by Edward Hazen (1837). Read about how the article depicts the professions of dyer and calico-printer at: coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-dy… #historyofdyeing #coloriasto #dyeing

This week's gem gallery highlight is Azurite which is known for its deep blue hue, was used by ancient civilizations as a powerful pigment in art and as a symbol of insight and wisdom.🎨✨ gemsociety.org/article/azurit… #azurite #gemstone #history #art #blue

‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost A ceramicist in Mexico retraces his Maya roots to recreate a long-lost pre-Hispanic pigment for the first time in more than two centuries aljazeera.com/features/2024/… #Maya #Mexico #dyes #ceramics #history

In the News: Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment (ArtNet): news.artnet.com/art-world/scie… 📸 Matt Unger, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Scientists have successfully traced the mineral origins of sacred Maya Blue pigment found on Late Classic pottery from Buenavista del Cayo in Belize, revealing that the essential clay mineral traveled over 230 miles (370 km) from its source. ancient-origins.net/news-history-a…

Egyptian blue, the lost pigment of the pharaohs Researchers recreate history's first artificial pigment, used from ancient Egypt to the Renaissance. 👉 Discover MORE and SUBSCRIBE: amusementlogic.com/general-news/e… 🔵 #history #art #science #egypt #pigment #Colors

Mystery solved! 🎨 Scientists revealed that Jackson Pollock's vibrant blue in “Number 1A, 1948” is the rare synthetic pigment manganese blue. A colorful breakthrough in art history! 🖌️✨ #ArtScience #PollockMagic cbsnews.com/news/jackson-p…

More about the oldest blue pigment ever discovered in Europe! smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the…

Blue pigments are absent in Palaeolithic art. The authors identify traces of azurite on an artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe! cambridge.org/core/journals/… #historyofpigments

"My discovery consists in the preparation of a mordant, which I obtain from certain vegetables of British growth", from Specification of the Patent granted to SAMUEL JOHN SMITH, in The Repertory of Arts, Manufactures, and agriculture 1816 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/10/specif… #historyofdyeing

"Shortly before flowering, or about three months after sowing, the plants are cut off close to the ground, and are then ready for the extraction of the colour. " in Indigo, Textile Mercury, 12.3.1892 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/09/indigo… #coloriasto #historyofdyes #dyehistory #indigofera

"Calico printers require most of their cloth madder-bleached, which is understood to be the most perfect kind of bleaching..." in Calico Bleaching, The Textile Mercury, 12.3.1892 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/09/calico… Any tips where I can find more info on madder-bleaching are welcome!

"We learn by the London Artisan, that in all likelihood the English manufacturers will hereafter import all their silk in cocoons, and wind it oft themselves, at a great saving." in The Silk Manufacture in England, Scientific American 12, 1854 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-si… #coloriasto

..."woodwork painted in October looks better at the end of four years, than if painted in June it would at the end of two"... -On Painting Houses, Scientific American 12, 1854 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/08/on-pai… #coloriasto #vintageadvice #vintagepainting

Stories in Colour | National Gallery Podcast - stories of how colour has changed the world. In each episode, the hidden mysteries woven into colour from antiquity to the present day are uncovered. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Short instructions for making Indian ink, given in Manufacturer and builder 7, 1878 coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/08/2136-m… #coloriasto #inks #historyofink