Natural Mineral Pigments

Mineral Pigments are known as Historical Pigments and Traditional Pigments too. There are different kinds of pigments similar to Stone Pigments, Plant Pigments and Mud Pigments. These mineral pigments are mostly uses in art paintings. These pigments have different density as such, uniform volume of each pigment come in different weights. Some colors like Cinnabar red and cream-white (Stone Pigment) weigh relatively heavier than others, like precious metals – gold & silver. The black pigment is an exception, which is made from the soot of mustard oil lamp, and as such it is super light. This is their natural quality.

Stone Pigments

Stone Pigment color is such as a real color which is takes out raw material from quarry without any mixing artificial chemical color. Then the material of pigments is purely produce by grinding and refined the naturally colorful stone in powder form, manually. The pigments are not use only in paintings. It means, these special stones are also use as medicine in Ayurvedic treatment. It has a different pleasure while painting with such natural pigment. The art painting painted with such color have various distinct and peculiar quality in it. If properly cares, such painting does not get fade even after millenniums (thousands of year). The other peculiar quality of paintings with such natural pigments is some of them have superfine natural twinkles in it which last as long as the color. It may be noted that there is no mixing of any artificial twinkles in these colors. Such natural twinkles can be seen very well in direct sunlight/focus light on the paintings and further more clearly with the help of magnifying lens. Weights of the stone pigments are different depending on their quality. Some colors like Cinnabar Red  and Cream White’s weight become very heavy like precious metals while weight of Orpiment yellow and Malachite Green is light than Cinnabar and other.

Plant Pigments

Plant pigments are purely produced by plant and flower. The pigments are use as multi propose after prepared in powder or liquid form by different process similar to use for dying on fabric, art paintings and many more. It is very light weight against stone pigments i.e. Indigo, Crimson Red etc.

Characteristics of pigment colour

• These are 100% natural and 100% hand–made.
• There are 100% chemical free.
• There are totally traditional pigments.
• Paintings with natural colors do not fade over time. The peculiar pleasant smell inherent in the natural pigment acts as insect deterrent and helps preserve the painting.
• Some varieties of these pigments have beautiful natural and superfine twinkles, which last as long as the pigment. This is an inherent beauty of the pigment and is visible when one observes carefully in the direct sunlight or focus light on it.

Why Prefer?

People of the modern world concerned with arts and paintings have seen paintings painted with water-color, poster-color, oil-color or acrylic-color. But basically, all these are chemical colors whereas the pigments we are producing and distributing are totally natural, absolutely traditional and completely handmade. The history of such natural pigment dates back to 1200 years or more! Such pigments have different names. They are also called historical pigment, ancient pigment, traditional pigment, mineral pigment, stone pigment, dry pigment, natural pigment, real pigment etc.

Natural colors are free of toxicity and are free from any of the harmful effect often associated with artificial colors. Natural colors possess a natural beauty and freshness of its own which sets it apart from the other artificial colors. It can be compared to the beauty of natural flower to an artificial one if one may be allowed to use an analogy. It is something of an esoteric beauty which one can experience but difficult to express in dry words. An inspired artist needs the appropriated medium to express his feeling and aesthetic beauty without which there can be no creation. An appropriated medium is one, which enable an artist to manifest the full range of expression, which the medium should enable. The natural pigments have always been the part and parcel of an avid artist’s medium from ancient time. It is on account of its many qualities that the art enthusiasts and discerning artists have always used natural colors for their unique and historical masterpieces. The natural colors ensure the preservation of the painting for generations. It ensures the immortality of the artist and his work. If properly cared, such paintings do not fade even for millenniums.

List of Mineral Pigments which is mostly uses in Art Paintings

No.	Name of Pigments	Kind of Minerals	Description
1	Hinguli, Cinnabar (mercuric sulfide) Red	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
2	Manaseela chrome yellow	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
3	Orpiment, Topic Haritaal golden yellow	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
4	Iron brown	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
5	Mudra Shankha, Cream White	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
6	Malachite Green	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
7	Lapis Blue	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
8	Azurite Blue	Stone pigment	Grinded the stone naturally by self and water base
9	Silver White	Conch Shell Pigment	Grinded the conch shell naturally by self and water base
10	Orange	Lac	Produced from lac a kind of metal and water base
11	Indigo	Plant pigment	Produced from the plant of Indigo and water base
12	Black	Smoke, Soot	Produced with naturally from fire and water base
13	Badami (Yellow Ochre)	Mud Pigment	Produced from the specially natural mud and water base
14	White	Oxide Pigment	Zinc Oxide Powder and water base