The first known synthetic pigment was Egyptian blue, which is first attested on an alabaster bowl in Egypt dated to Naqada III ( circa 3250 BC). Charcoal-or carbon black-has also been used as a black pigment since prehistoric times. Also found in many Paleolithic and Neolithic cave paintings are Red Ochre, anhydrous Fe 2O 3, and the hydrated Yellow Ochre (Fe 2O 3. These were more consistent than colors mined from the original ore bodies, but the place names remained. These pigments were among the easiest to synthesize, and chemists created modern colors based on the originals. Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna came from Siena, Italy, while Raw Umber and Burnt Umber came from Umbria. Pigments based on minerals and clays often bear the name of the city or region where they were originally mined. A favored blue pigment was derived from lapis lazuli. Ochre, iron oxide, was the first color of paint. Pigments and paint grinding equipment believed to be between 350,000 and 400,000 years old have been reported in a cave at Twin Rivers, near Lusaka, Zambia. Early humans used paint for aesthetic purposes such as body decoration. Minerals have been used as colorants since prehistoric times.

Binders and fillers can affect the color. Other properties of a color, such as its saturation or lightness, may be determined by the other substances that accompany pigments. The product of the source spectrum and the reflectance spectrum of the pigment results in the final spectrum, and the appearance of blue. Sunlight encounters Rosco R80 'Primary Blue' pigment. The value of titanium dioxide РІР‚вЂњ used to enhance the white brightness of many products РІР‚вЂњ was placed at $13.2 billion per year, while the color Ferrari red is valued at $300 million each year. According to an April 2018 report by Bloomberg Businessweek, the estimated value of the pigment industry globally is $30 billion. The global demand for pigments was roughly US$20.5Р’В billion in 2009. Estimated at around US$14.86 billion in 2018 and will rise at over 4.9% CAGR from 2019 to 2026. In 2006, around 7.4Р’В million tons of inorganic, organic, and special pigments were marketed worldwide. 4 Manufacturing and industrial standards.

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