Table 2 Summary of identified paint colorants on plaster fragments [11], Kelly and Judd 1976 [33]
From: Painted plaster and glazed brick fragments from Achaemenid Pasargadae and Persepolis, Iran
Color (Munsell color notation) | Colorants identified from the analytical evidence |
|---|---|
Moderate red (7.5R 5/8) | Cinnabar, HgS |
Dark red (5R 5/4–5R 3/4) | Hematite, Fe3O4 |
Light yellowish pink (5YR 9/2) | Hematite, Fe3O4 |
Moderate blue (10B 5/6) | Cuprorivaite, CaCuSi4O10 (Egyptian blue) |
Moderate yellowish green (10GY 6/6) | Malachite, Cu2CO3(OH)2 |
Yellowish white (5Y 9/2) | Muscovite, KAl2∙(AlSi3O10)∙(F,OH)2 and/or kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4 |
Grayish yellow green (5GY 7/2) | Montmorillonite clay, (Na,Ca)0.33(Al,Mg)2∙(Si4O10)∙(OH)2∙nH2O |