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Table 4 List of pigments found in the Russian avant-garde painting cross-sections [30]

From: Combined photoluminescence and Raman microscopy for the identification of modern pigments: explanatory examples on cross-sections from Russian avant-garde paintings

Colour

Pigment

On the market

Sample

Identification provided by Raman

Identification provided by TRPL

White

Lead white

Antiquity

L6

x

Gypsum

Antiquity

L6

x

Zinc white

1834

L5, L6, G3

x

x

Titanium white

1940

G3

x

x

Yellow–red

Vermillion

Antiquity

L5, L6

x

Chrome yellow

1814

L5, G3

x

Cadmium red

1921

L6

x

Cadmium yellow

1840

L5, L6

x

Blue

Ultramarine

1828

L5

x

Phthalocyanine

1936

L5

x