The Origin of Color Names for Artist Pigments
[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=paint+tubes&iid=5081832″ src=”http://view1.picapp.com/pictures.photo/image/5081832/woman-selecting-tubes/woman-selecting-tubes.jpg?size=500&imageId=5081832″ width=”358″ height=”477″ /] When you stand in the paint aisle at the art supply store, you can’t help but notice all the different pigment names on the paint tubes. As you try to twist your tongue into those hard-to-pronounce names, you might wonder who thought up color names like Quinacridrone…
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