Inorganic pigments

Azurite is a soft, deep blue copper mineral produced by weathering of copper ore deposits.

Zinc phosphate (Zn3(PO4)2) is an inorganic chemical compound used as a corrosion resistant coating on metal surfaces either as part of an electroplating process or applied as a primer pigment (see also red lead).

Scheele's Green, also called Schloss Green, is chemically a cupric hydrogen arsenite (also called copper arsenite or acidic copper arsenite), CuHAsO3.

Antimony(III) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula Sb2O3.

Cobalt blue is a blue pigment made by sintering cobalt(II) oxide with alumina at 1200 °C.

Lead(II,IV) oxide, also called minium, red lead or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment.

Lithopone, C.I. Pigment White 5, is a mixture of inorganic compounds, widely used as a white pigment powder.

Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2.

Manganese(IV) oxide is the inorganic compound with the formula MnO2.

Titanium dioxide, also known as titanium(IV) oxide or titania, is the naturally occurring oxide of titanium, chemical formula TiO2.

Vermilion (sometimes spelled vermillion) is a brilliant red or scarlet pigment originally made from the powdered mineral cinnabar, and is also the name of the resulting color.

Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO.

Chromium(III) oxide is the inorganic compound of the formula Cr2O3.

Orpiment is a deep orange-yellow colored arsenic sulfide mineral with formula As2S3.

Ultramarine is a deep blue color and a pigment which was originally made by grinding lapis lazuli into a powder.

Viridian is a blue-green pigment, a hydrated chromium(III) oxide, of medium saturation and relatively dark in value.

Calcium chromate (CaCrO4) is a bright yellow solid.

Barium sulfate (or sulphate) is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula BaSO4.

Prussian blue is a dark blue pigment with the idealized chemical formula Fe7(CN)18.

Realgar, α-As4S4, is an arsenic sulfide mineral, also known as "ruby sulphur" or "ruby of arsenic".

White lead is the basic lead carbonate (2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2).

Cadmium sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula CdS.

Carbon black (subtypes are acetylene black, channel black, furnace black, lamp black and thermal black) is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, and a small amount from vegetable oil.

Glauconite is an iron potassium phyllosilicate (mica group) mineral of characteristic green color with very low weathering resistance and very friable.

Paris green (copper(II) acetate triarsenite or copper(II) acetoarsenite) is an inorganic compound.

Cobalt phosphate is the inorganic compound with the formula Co3(PO4)2.

Minium is the naturally occurring form of lead tetroxide, Pb2+2Pb4+O4 also known as red lead.

Cadmium pigments are a class of pigments that have cadmium as one of the chemical components.

Aureolin (sometimes called Cobalt Yellow) is a pigment sparingly used in oil and watercolor painting.

Payne's grey is a dark blue-grey colour used in painting.

Barium borate is an inorganic compound, a borate of barium with a chemical formula BaB2O4 or Ba(BO2)2.

Cerulean (/səˈruːliən/), also spelled caerulean, is a color term that may be applied to certain colors with the hue ranging roughly between blue and cyan, overlapping with both.

Verdigris is the common name for a green pigment obtained through the application of acetic acid to copper plates or the natural patina formed when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over a period of time.

Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi4O10 or CaOCuO(SiO2)4) or cuprorivaite, is a pigment used in ancient Egypt for thousands of years.

Naples yellow, also called antimony yellow, can range from a somewhat muted, or earthy, reddish yellow pigment to a bright light yellow, and is the chemical compound lead(II) antimonate.

Zaffre, a pre-scientific substance (see List of alchemical substances), is a deep blue pigment obtained by roasting cobalt ore, and is made of either an impure form of cobalt oxide or impure cobalt arseniate.

Persian red is a deep reddish orange earth or pigment from the Persian Gulf composed of a silicate of iron and alumina, with magnesia.

Cobalt green, sometimes known as Rinman's green or Zinc Green, is a translucent green pigment made by heating a mixture of cobalt(II) oxide and zinc oxide.

Manganese violet is the inorganic compound called ammonium manganese(III) pyrophosphate.