# Pigmentoria

> A Chromatic Atlas of Art History

Explore hundreds of color palettes from art history — organized by era, technique, and historical pigment across painting, cinema, photography, and world art traditions.

## Overview

Pigmentoria is a chromatic atlas of art history — a curated database of color palettes organized by artistic era, technique, and historical pigment. It covers 49 eras, 101 artists and processes, and 600+ individual colors across four domains: Painting, Cinema, Photography, and Beyond Europe (world art traditions).

Each color entry includes the color name, hex value, RGB values, the historical material or pigment used, the source type, a rationale for its inclusion, and optionally a reference work. Colors are grouped under artists or processes within their respective eras.

## Languages

The site is available in English (default, /) and Spanish (/es).

## Site Structure

- Homepage: https://pigmentoria.com/
- Domain pages: https://pigmentoria.com/{domain} (painting, cinema, photography, beyond-europe)
- Era pages: https://pigmentoria.com/{domain}/{era-slug}
- Search: https://pigmentoria.com/search
- Chromatic Lexicon: https://pigmentoria.com/lexicon
- Lexicon entries: https://pigmentoria.com/lexicon/{term-slug}
- Essays: https://pigmentoria.com/essays and https://pigmentoria.com/essays/{essay-slug}
- Spanish version: https://pigmentoria.com/es/

## Stats

- 49 artistic eras
- 101 artists and processes
- 600+ individual colors
- 4 domains: Painting, Cinema, Photography, Beyond Europe

## Painting
From Renaissance masters to contemporary visionaries — five centuries of pigment, light, and vision.

  - High Renaissance (1490–1527): 3 artists, 18 colors
  - Venetian Renaissance (1510–1576): 3 artists, 18 colors
  - Northern Renaissance (1420–1580): 4 artists, 24 colors
  - Baroque Chiaroscuro (1590–1680): 7 artists, 42 colors
  - Dutch Interior Light (1650–1680): 3 artists, 18 colors
  - Neoclassicism (1760–1830): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Romanticism (1780–1850): 6 artists, 36 colors
  - Impressionism (1860–1890): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Post-Impressionism (1886–1910): 5 artists, 30 colors
  - Symbolism (1880–1910): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Vienna Secession & Expressionism (1897–1920): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Picasso's Chromatic Periods (1901–1973): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Surrealism & Metaphysical (1911–1950): 3 artists, 18 colors
  - Abstract Expressionism (1943–1965): 4 artists, 24 colors
  - Mid-Century Figurative (1930–1980): 4 artists, 24 colors
  - Late 20th Century & Contemporary (1960–present): 6 artists, 36 colors
  - Die Brücke & Der Blaue Reiter (1905–1925): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Mexican Muralism (1920–1960): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - 19th-Century Realism & Tonalism (1850–1910): 5 artists, 30 colors
  - American Modernism (1910–1960): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Latin American Modernism (1920–1980): 2 artists, 12 colors

## Cinema
The tonal language of film — from silent-era tinting to Technicolor dreams.

  - German Expressionism (1920–1927): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Film Noir (1941–1958): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - High-Key Hollywood (1930–1950): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Three-Strip Technicolor (1932–1955): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Tinting & Toning (1895–1930): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Orthochromatic Era (1895–1927): 1 artists, 6 colors

## Photography
Silver, platinum, cyanotype, and dye — the chemistry of captured light.

  - Daguerreotype (1839–1860): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Calotype / Salt Print (1841–1860): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Wet Collodion / Ambrotype (1851–1880): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Albumen Print (1850–1900): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Cyanotype (1842–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Carbon Print (1855–1940): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Platinum / Palladium Print (1873–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Autochrome Lumière (1907–1935): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Kodachrome (1935–2010): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Ektachrome (1946–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Fujichrome Velvia (1990–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Kodak Portra (1998–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Polaroid / Instant Film (1948–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Infrared Film (1910–present): 1 artists, 6 colors

## Beyond Europe
Persian miniatures, Chinese ink, Maya blue, Aboriginal ochre — world color traditions.

  - Persian Miniature Painting (1370–1600): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Chinese Landscape Painting (960–1350): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Byzantine Mosaic Art (330–1453): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Pre-Columbian Art (200 BCE–1500 CE): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - African Contemporary Art (1990–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Aboriginal Australian Art (40000 BCE–present): 1 artists, 6 colors
  - Ukiyo-e (Floating World) (1680–1880): 2 artists, 12 colors
  - Ukiyo-e (expanded) (1680–1860): 1 artists, 6 colors

## Data Sources

All color palettes are interpretive reconstructions based on art historical analysis of pigments, materials, and techniques. They are not authoritative reproductions. Colors for living artists are scholarly interpretations and are not endorsed by or affiliated with the artists or their estates.

## Contact

Website: https://pigmentoria.com