Pigment Power in Carrot Colors

Pigment Power in Carrot Colors WHITE
Health benefit = None from pigment, but fiber for digestive health Pigment = No pigment, like wild carrot (Queen Anne's Lace) Origin = Northern Europe; 1600's ORANGE Health benefit=Vitamin A essential for healthy eyes and immune system Pigment = Beta and alpha carotene Origin = Europe and Middle East; 1600's PURPLE OUTSIDE ORANGE INSIDE Health benefit = Helps prevent heart disease & strokes, antioxidant ties up harmful free radicals, and vitamin A activity Pigment = Anthocyanin, beta and alpha carotene Origin = Afghanistan, Turkey, and Middle East; 900's RED Health benefit = Helps prevent cancer (especially prostate), and vitamin A activity Pigment = Lycopene (another carotenoid) and beta-carotene Origin = India, China, and Japan; 1700's YELLOW Health benefit = Eye health (especially macular degeneration) and cancer prevention Pigment = Xanthophylls (other carotenoids), especially lutein Origin = Afghanistan, Turkey, and Middle East; 900's

Art-Pacific: Guide to Artifacts

Art-Pacific: Guide to Artifacts

Pigment for Color...

Face and body paint are part of a complex process of preparation requiring the combined efforts of whole families and clans. Formerly, most pigments came from natural clays in yellow, white and rust colors. Sometimes these are baked in leaf packets to intensify the color. Other sources are vegetable dyes, charcoal and powdered white lime from shells.

Now tradestores sell packets and bottles of commercial paints which are favored for their ease of use and more brilliant colors. It also shows that the family has the extra money to spend on status goods.

These dreadlock warriors, possibly from the Eastern Highlands, are using a chewed twig paintbrush to apply colors. They have barkcloth shoulder capes, headbands of green beetles and marsupial fur plus individually wrapped fine bundles of parrot and other feathers to make up the headdresses.

White clay is sometimes replaced by tradestore and school paints and recently with typewriter white-out fluid. Although it's a bright white and easier to prepare and apply than pigment, the bottle top brush that this woman is using gives a sloppier line than store or twig brushes.

Young girls dance to attract suitable husbands by showing off their families ability to gather and display wealth. Valuable feathers may be given as gifts or in thanks for a favor. Other pieces may be borrowed or in turn loaned out to someone else. Link to Painted Faces 3 for a close-up of a beautifully completed face.

The coastal people in some parts of New Guinea, especially those involved with the Kula trade, used to do extensive tattoos. The girls and women received specific tattoos at different ceremonial stages of their lives, as well as important tattoos that showed completion of successful trade voyages by their fathers and husbands. Only women from high ranking families would have these complex tattoos.

Only a few older women now have these full body tattoos, although many people still acquire smaller tattoos. Marking pens are used instead for temporary large "tattoos" both for traditional dances and modern events like beauty contests.

One year my friend Joan, who is from Banz near Hagen, had her family paint our faces in matching red and white clay. It dried to a fine crackle. The next day, Ron paid the Hulis to paint my face in their vivid yellow paint. This had a different base and stayed flexible, but sticky. All day my loose, straight hair kept blowing into the paint. I would have to carefully run my fingers along the edge of my face to unstick it without ruining the design.

Photographs copyright Carolyn Leigh and Scott Lewis Perry, 1998.

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Joe Miller Signature Natural Pigment Colors   Joe Miller Signature Series Natural Pigment Watercolors:  Since time began, artists have beautified their world and expressed their thoughts by painting. Commonly, all paints have always consisted of a pigment or color ground up and mixed with some sort of liquid. Cavemen dug pigments from the earth – dirt, clay, charcoal, flower petals and vegetable dyes mixed with saliva or animal fat to paint on the walls of caves. Later it was discovered that colors that came from oxides, deposits and minerals of the earth were more permanent and would not fade over time. Throughout the Renaissance, mineral pigments continued to be used by painters. Over the years artists have traveled far and wide in search of rare natural pigments to create beautiful works of art. Today, synthesized pigments are used extensively in the manufacturing of artistic grade paints. Joe Miller Signature Watercolors are a return to the beauty that only natural pigments can provide. 15 ml. tubes.

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(Out of Stock)		JMS5415-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Blue Bice, 15 ml Blue Bice is another natural color used in the 17th and 18th centuries and is a pale, bluish green prepared from grinding down the native carbonate of copper and adding yellow orpiment. 15 ml tube.		Sale Price:  $19.09 CJAS Reg:  $21.19 List Price:  $34.65 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
(Out of Stock)		JMS5515-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Blue Verditer, 15 ml Verditer was used in watercolors during the 17th and 18th centuries and is made by treating copper nitrate with calcium carbonate and is a pale sky blue color. 15 ml tube.		Sale Price:  $21.79 CJAS Reg:  $24.09 List Price:  $40.15 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
(Out of Stock)		JMS5615-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Han Purple, 15 ml Developed in China 2,000 years ago, Han Purple, also called Chinese Purple, is a unique combination of barium and copper silicate pigments. 15 ml tube.		Sale Price:  $27.09 CJAS Reg:  $29.99 List Price:  $49.98 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
(Out of Stock)		JMS5815-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Pink Color, 15 ml Pink Color was introduced about the late 1700’s and is a variant of Potter’s Pink. It is a lightfast, moderately staining, earth red pigment and was a favorite of Fresco painters as a skin-tone color. 15 ml tube.		Sale Price:  $20.39 CJAS Reg:  $22.59 List Price:  $37.65 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS7715-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Arizona Red, 15 ml. Arizona Red is a muted brown-red, or natural earthy red.		Sale Price:  $11.49 CJAS Reg:  $12.79 List Price:  $21.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS8515-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Brown Ochre Goethite, 15 ml Brown Ochre or Goethite is reminscient of the old fishing boats –Their “Red Sails in the Sunset”. It was boiled along with tree bark and painted on sails to use as a preservative/protectant from damaging salt water.		Sale Price:  $11.49 CJAS Reg:  $12.79 List Price:  $21.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS5915-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Egyptian Blue Genuine, 15 ml One of the oldest man-made colors commonly found of wall paintings in Egypt, Mesopotamia and Rome. Ancient Egyptians called this pure blue, Wedjet, the same word used for, eye, as in the Eye of Ra.		Sale Price:  $31.59 CJAS Reg:  $34.99 List Price:  $58.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS7815-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Hematite Burnt Scarlet, 15 ml.Hematite Burnt Scarlet is a color rich in origin.		Sale Price:  $14.99 CJAS Reg:  $16.59 List Price:  $27.65 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS7915-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Hematite Violet, 15 ml. A beautiful deep red-violet, similar to caput mortum		Sale Price:  $14.99 CJAS Reg:  $16.59 List Price:  $27.65 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS8015-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Lapis Lazuli, 15 ml. Lapis Lazuli, “Cleopatra’s color”, was a gemstone prized by the pharaohs of ancient Egypt.		Sale Price:  $15.99 CJAS Reg:  $17.69 List Price:  $29.48 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS8115-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Magnetite Genuine, 15 ml. Magnetite Genuine is Black as the ace of spades when applied pure.		Sale Price:  $11.49 CJAS Reg:  $12.79 List Price:  $21.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS6115-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Malachite, Natural 15 ml Malachite Green is a clear, rich emerald green that was used to dye materials like leather, silk and paper in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. I imagine anyone painting Oz’s Emerald City will absolutely love this color.		Sale Price:  $19.09 CJAS Reg:  $21.19 List Price:  $35.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS5315-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Mummy, 15 ml Until the 18th Century, this color was produced through the process of grinding mummies for asphaltum to produce a tarry brown pigment. Though not made of mummies, this reproduction closely mimics the original mummy pigment		Sale Price:  $14.99 CJAS Reg:  $16.59 List Price:  $27.65 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS5715-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, Vivianite, 15 ml An extremely dark blue color, with reddish tint. Vivianite has been identified in medieval paintings in Germany and in English medieval polychromy in building facades.		Sale Price:  $15.99 CJAS Reg:  $17.69 List Price:  $29.48 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS6715-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolor, WC Azurite Geniune, 15 ml When laid down, this blue pigment settles into areas of green-gray and rich blue. Azurite produces a striking color combination of deep blue and bright green that is strongly indicative of the presence of copper.		Sale Price:  $31.59 CJAS Reg:  $34.99 List Price:  $58.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS8215-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolors, Natural Gold Ochre, 15 ml. Natural Gold Ochre is made from naturally occuring minerals really looks earthy gold!		Sale Price:  $11.49 CJAS Reg:  $12.79 List Price:  $21.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
In Stock		JMS8315-15 - Joe Miller's Signature Series American Journey Watercolors, Olive Oxide, 15 ml. Olive Oxide is made from natural iron.		Sale Price:  $11.49 CJAS Reg:  $12.79 List Price:  $21.32 (sale ends 05/01/2009)
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