Simulated Traditional Academic’s Palette
2006 re-creation of early 1800s palette
Exhibited in Revolution in Paint

With date of invention or earliest known use as artists’ paint

1. Lead white, ancient Greece
2. Naples yellow*, ancient Egypt
3. Indian yellow, 16th century
4. Yellow ochre, prehistoric
5. Red ochre, prehistoric
6. Vermilion, medieval
7. Rose madder, ancient Egypt
8. Carmine*, medieval
9. Burnt sienna, Early Renaissance
10. Brown madder*, 18th century
11. Bitumen, medieval
12. Cassel earth, 16th century
13. Ivory black, prehistoric
14. Ultramarine blue, natural, medieval
15. Prussian blue, 1710