In most available sources only his use of these colors are mentioned, not the pigment itself. Maybe there is something to be found in his 'Treatise on Painting'.
Click link below to read parts of it. It is probably available at your library.
Yes, purple paint is made by combining pigments of blue and red colors. These pigments are mixed with a binding agent to create the paint compound.
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Blue and red paint when mixed together create purple.
Red and Blue would form purple - as you add more blue into the mixture the colour created would be a darker purple, you can also add TINY amounts of yellow to create a brown/purple outcome, too much yellow to the mix would create a dirty looking green.
To create gold acrylic paint, mix a metallic gold pigment with a clear acrylic medium until you achieve the desired color and consistency.
The last supper ended disastrously because the type of paint quickly faded and chipped off.
add colored pigment powder (available at craft stores in the paint section) and add it to a thick oil of your choice, water, or a liquid (non-hardening) acrylic. Start out with a pinch of pigment in your liquid, add more to make your paint more vivid. you can mix multiple pigment colors to create your own custom paint. be creative.
The artist mixed a blue pigment with white paint to create a lighter shade for the sky in the painting.
the artist used yellow pigment to make the paint yellow
Oil paint on wood panel.
Pre tinted paint usually refers to paint that contains pigment giving it color. "Base" paint is generally some shade of white that can be tinted to create an array of colors.
Pigments are finely ground powders that give paint its color. They are mixed with a binding agent to create paint that can be applied to surfaces.