"Edward Waldo Forbes pigment collection"--Page 4, first occurrence. "This is a publication of the Sikkens Foundation and ArtEZ Press"--Colophon. Dr. Narayan Khandekar, distinguished scientist in the ...

Ancient Egyptians used pigments to create dyes and paints, but the origin of one blue pigment was lost to time. This dye was regularly found on artefacts from ancient Egypt, and still used by the ...