Group 1: Organic pigments
Of natural origin, animal or vegetable (living), usually carbon compounds. Some examples:
Carmine (from the Cochineal insect)
Gummigutta, Gamboge (from the gum resin of the Garcinia Tree)
Indian Yellow (from the urine of cows that eat mango leaves)
Mummy (from the remains of Egyptian mummies)
Madder Lacquer (from the root of the common Madder plant)
Group 2: Anorganic pigments
Chemical compounds from chemical elements other than carbons (non-living). Some examples divided into three subgroups:
Earth pigments:
Ochres
Umbers
Green Earth
Caput Mortuum
Venetian Red
Mineral pigments:
Malachite
Vermillion
Lapis Lazuli
Synthetic inorganic pigments (do not occur in nature but are manufactured):
Prussian Blue
Ceruleum Blue
Lead White
Cadmiums
Group 3: Synthetic organic pigments
Complex carbon compounds which do not occur in nature, but are created in the laboratory. Some examples:
Phtalocyanine Blues and Greens
Quinacridones
Isoindolinones
Dioxazine
Azo Pigments
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