Brief introduction of Chinese painting pigments

Chinese painting pigments, also called Chinese painting pigments, are special pigments used for painting Chinese paintings. They are generally sold in tubes and blocks, but also in powdered form. Classification of traditional Chinese painting pigments Traditional Chinese painting pigments are generally divided into two categories: mineral pigments and plant pigments. From the history of use, there should be minerals first, followed by plants, just like when using ink, there is pine smoke before oily smoke. According to tests, mineral pigments (such as cinnabar) were used for the bright colors left on rock paintings in ancient times. The remarkable characteristics of mineral pigments are that they are not easy to fade and have bright colors. Most people who have seen Zhang Daqian's splashed color paintings in his later years have this impression , A large area of azurite, stone green, and cinnabar can lift people's spirits! Plant pigments are mainly extracted from trees and flowers.