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Enum: TraditionalPigmentEnum

Traditional artist pigments and their colors

URI: valuesets:TraditionalPigmentEnum

Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description Chemical Discovered Hex Historical Modern Natural Organic Process Source Synthetic Warning
TITANIUM_WHITE titanium dioxide nanoparticle CHEBI:51050 Titanium white (Titanium dioxide) TiO2 1916 FFFFFF
ZINC_WHITE zinc oxide CHEBI:36560 Zinc white (Zinc oxide) ZnO FEFEFE
LEAD_WHITE Lead white (Basic lead carbonate) - toxic 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2 F8F8F8 highly toxic, historical use
CADMIUM_YELLOW cadmium selenide CHEBI:50834 Cadmium yellow (Cadmium sulfide) CdS FFF600 toxic
CHROME_YELLOW Chrome yellow (Lead chromate) - toxic PbCrO4 FFC200 highly toxic
NAPLES_YELLOW Naples yellow (Lead antimonate) Pb(SbO3)2 FDD5B1 ancient pigment
YELLOW_OCHRE Yellow ochre (Iron oxide hydroxide) FeO(OH)·nH2O CC7722 earth pigment
CADMIUM_ORANGE Cadmium orange (Cadmium selenide) CdS·CdSe FF6600 toxic
CADMIUM_RED cadmium selenide nanoparticle CHEBI:50835 Cadmium red (Cadmium selenide) CdSe E30022 toxic
VERMILION Vermilion/Cinnabar (Mercury sulfide) HgS E34234 highly toxic
ALIZARIN_CRIMSON alizarin CHEBI:16866 Alizarin crimson (synthetic) C14H8O4 E32636 synthetic organic
CARMINE Carmine (from cochineal insects) 960018 organic pigment cochineal insects
BURNT_SIENNA Burnt sienna (heated iron oxide) Fe2O3 E97451 calcined raw sienna
RAW_SIENNA Raw sienna (Iron oxide with clay) Fe2O3 with clay C69D52 earth pigment
BURNT_UMBER Burnt umber (heated iron/manganese oxide) Fe2O3 + MnO2 8B4513 calcined raw umber
RAW_UMBER Raw umber (Iron/manganese oxide) Fe2O3 + MnO2 734A12 earth pigment
VAN_DYKE_BROWN Van Dyke brown (organic earth) 664228 peat, lignite fugitive color
PRUSSIAN_BLUE ferric ferrocyanide CHEBI:30069 Prussian blue (Ferric ferrocyanide) Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3 1706 003153
ULTRAMARINE Ultramarine blue (originally lapis lazuli) Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn 120A8F most expensive pigment
COBALT_BLUE Cobalt blue (Cobalt aluminate) CoAl2O4 0047AB
CERULEAN_BLUE Cerulean blue (Cobalt stannate) Co2SnO4 2A52BE
PHTHALO_BLUE Phthalocyanine blue C32H16CuN8 000F89 synthetic organic
VIRIDIAN Viridian (Chromium oxide green) Cr2O3·2H2O 40826D
CHROME_GREEN Chrome oxide green Cr2O3 2E5E26
PHTHALO_GREEN Phthalocyanine green C32H16ClCuN8 123524 synthetic organic
TERRE_VERTE Terre verte/Green earth complex silicate 6B7F59 earth pigment
TYRIAN_PURPLE Tyrian purple (from murex snails) 66023C ancient royal purple murex snails
MANGANESE_VIOLET Manganese violet NH4MnP2O7 8B3E5F
MARS_BLACK Mars black (Synthetic iron oxide) Fe3O4 010101 iron oxide
IVORY_BLACK Ivory black (Bone char) 1B1B1B charred bones
LAMP_BLACK Lamp black (Carbon black) C 2B2B2B soot

Slots

Name Description
traditional_pigment Traditional artist pigments and their colors

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: TraditionalPigmentEnum
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: Traditional artist pigments and their colors
title: Traditional Pigment
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  TITANIUM_WHITE:
    text: TITANIUM_WHITE
    description: Titanium white (Titanium dioxide)
    meaning: CHEBI:51050
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FFFFFF
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: TiO2
      discovered:
        tag: discovered
        value: '1916'
    title: titanium dioxide nanoparticle
  ZINC_WHITE:
    text: ZINC_WHITE
    description: Zinc white (Zinc oxide)
    meaning: CHEBI:36560
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FEFEFE
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: ZnO
    title: zinc oxide
  LEAD_WHITE:
    text: LEAD_WHITE
    description: Lead white (Basic lead carbonate) - toxic
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: F8F8F8
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: 2PbCO3·Pb(OH)2
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: highly toxic, historical use
  CADMIUM_YELLOW:
    text: CADMIUM_YELLOW
    description: Cadmium yellow (Cadmium sulfide)
    meaning: CHEBI:50834
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FFF600
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: CdS
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: toxic
    title: cadmium selenide
  CHROME_YELLOW:
    text: CHROME_YELLOW
    description: Chrome yellow (Lead chromate) - toxic
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FFC200
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: PbCrO4
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: highly toxic
  NAPLES_YELLOW:
    text: NAPLES_YELLOW
    description: Naples yellow (Lead antimonate)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FDD5B1
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Pb(SbO3)2
      historical:
        tag: historical
        value: ancient pigment
  YELLOW_OCHRE:
    text: YELLOW_OCHRE
    description: Yellow ochre (Iron oxide hydroxide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: CC7722
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: FeO(OH)·nH2O
      natural:
        tag: natural
        value: earth pigment
  CADMIUM_ORANGE:
    text: CADMIUM_ORANGE
    description: Cadmium orange (Cadmium selenide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: FF6600
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: CdS·CdSe
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: toxic
  CADMIUM_RED:
    text: CADMIUM_RED
    description: Cadmium red (Cadmium selenide)
    meaning: CHEBI:50835
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: E30022
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: CdSe
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: toxic
    title: cadmium selenide nanoparticle
  VERMILION:
    text: VERMILION
    description: Vermilion/Cinnabar (Mercury sulfide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: E34234
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: HgS
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: highly toxic
  ALIZARIN_CRIMSON:
    text: ALIZARIN_CRIMSON
    description: Alizarin crimson (synthetic)
    meaning: CHEBI:16866
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: E32636
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: C14H8O4
      organic:
        tag: organic
        value: synthetic organic
    title: alizarin
  CARMINE:
    text: CARMINE
    description: Carmine (from cochineal insects)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: '960018'
      source:
        tag: source
        value: cochineal insects
      natural:
        tag: natural
        value: organic pigment
  BURNT_SIENNA:
    text: BURNT_SIENNA
    description: Burnt sienna (heated iron oxide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: E97451
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe2O3
      process:
        tag: process
        value: calcined raw sienna
  RAW_SIENNA:
    text: RAW_SIENNA
    description: Raw sienna (Iron oxide with clay)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: C69D52
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe2O3 with clay
      natural:
        tag: natural
        value: earth pigment
  BURNT_UMBER:
    text: BURNT_UMBER
    description: Burnt umber (heated iron/manganese oxide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 8B4513
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe2O3 + MnO2
      process:
        tag: process
        value: calcined raw umber
  RAW_UMBER:
    text: RAW_UMBER
    description: Raw umber (Iron/manganese oxide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 734A12
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe2O3 + MnO2
      natural:
        tag: natural
        value: earth pigment
  VAN_DYKE_BROWN:
    text: VAN_DYKE_BROWN
    description: Van Dyke brown (organic earth)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: '664228'
      source:
        tag: source
        value: peat, lignite
      warning:
        tag: warning
        value: fugitive color
  PRUSSIAN_BLUE:
    text: PRUSSIAN_BLUE
    description: Prussian blue (Ferric ferrocyanide)
    meaning: CHEBI:30069
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: '003153'
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3
      discovered:
        tag: discovered
        value: '1706'
    title: ferric ferrocyanide
  ULTRAMARINE:
    text: ULTRAMARINE
    description: Ultramarine blue (originally lapis lazuli)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 120A8F
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Na8[Al6Si6O24]Sn
      historical:
        tag: historical
        value: most expensive pigment
  COBALT_BLUE:
    text: COBALT_BLUE
    description: Cobalt blue (Cobalt aluminate)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 0047AB
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: CoAl2O4
  CERULEAN_BLUE:
    text: CERULEAN_BLUE
    description: Cerulean blue (Cobalt stannate)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 2A52BE
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Co2SnO4
  PHTHALO_BLUE:
    text: PHTHALO_BLUE
    description: Phthalocyanine blue
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 000F89
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: C32H16CuN8
      modern:
        tag: modern
        value: synthetic organic
  VIRIDIAN:
    text: VIRIDIAN
    description: Viridian (Chromium oxide green)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 40826D
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Cr2O3·2H2O
  CHROME_GREEN:
    text: CHROME_GREEN
    description: Chrome oxide green
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 2E5E26
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Cr2O3
  PHTHALO_GREEN:
    text: PHTHALO_GREEN
    description: Phthalocyanine green
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: '123524'
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: C32H16ClCuN8
      modern:
        tag: modern
        value: synthetic organic
  TERRE_VERTE:
    text: TERRE_VERTE
    description: Terre verte/Green earth
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 6B7F59
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: complex silicate
      natural:
        tag: natural
        value: earth pigment
  TYRIAN_PURPLE:
    text: TYRIAN_PURPLE
    description: Tyrian purple (from murex snails)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 66023C
      source:
        tag: source
        value: murex snails
      historical:
        tag: historical
        value: ancient royal purple
  MANGANESE_VIOLET:
    text: MANGANESE_VIOLET
    description: Manganese violet
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 8B3E5F
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: NH4MnP2O7
  MARS_BLACK:
    text: MARS_BLACK
    description: Mars black (Synthetic iron oxide)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: '010101'
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: Fe3O4
      synthetic:
        tag: synthetic
        value: iron oxide
  IVORY_BLACK:
    text: IVORY_BLACK
    description: Ivory black (Bone char)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 1B1B1B
      source:
        tag: source
        value: charred bones
  LAMP_BLACK:
    text: LAMP_BLACK
    description: Lamp black (Carbon black)
    annotations:
      hex:
        tag: hex
        value: 2B2B2B
      chemical:
        tag: chemical
        value: C
      source:
        tag: source
        value: soot