Color Science Bibliography

Beeston, R. F., and H. Becker. 2013. “Investigation of Ancient Roman Pigments by Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Polarized Light Microscopy.” ACS Symposium Series (1147): 19–41.

Berry, M. 1999. “A Study of Pigments from a Roman Egyptian Shrine.” AICCM Bulletin 24 (1): 1–9.

Bezur, A., L. Lee, M. Loubser, and K. Trentelman. 2020. Handheld XRF in Cultural Heritage: A Practical Workbook for Conservators. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute.

Blom-Böer, I. 1994. “Zusammensetlung Altägyptischer Farbpigmente.” Oudhed Kundige Mede Delingen 74: 55–107.

Bostock, J., and H. T. Riley. 1893. The Natural History of Pliny. London: George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent Garden.

Cardon, D. 2007. Natural Dyes: Sources, Tradition, Technology and Science. London: Archetype.

Chiari, G.  2011. “Visible Induced Luminescence of Egyptian Blue. Innovative Procedures.” In ART11 – 10th International Conference on Nondestructive Investigations and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservation of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Florence, April 2011. Brescia, Italy: AIPnD, Italian Society for Non-Destructive Testing Monitoring Diagnostics.

Cosentino, A. 2014. “Identification of Pigments by Multispectral Imaging; A Flowchart Method.” Conservation Heritage Science 2 (8): 1–12.

Dawson, J., C. Rozeik, and M. M. Wright, eds. 2007. Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects: Technology, Deterioration and Conservation: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Cambridge, UK on 7-8 September 2007. London: Archetype.

Delaney, J. K., K. A. Dooley, R. Radpour, and I. Kakoulli. 2017. “Macroscale Multimodal Imaging Reveals Ancient Painting Production Technology and the Vogue in Greco-Roman Egypt.” Scientific Reports 7: 1–12.

Dyer, J., G. Verri, and J. Cupitt. 2013. Multispectral Imaging in Reflectance and Photo-Induced Luminescence Modes: A User Manual. European CHARISMA Project, British Museum. https://research.britishmuseum.org/pdf/charisma-multispectral-imaging-manual-2013.pdf

Gettens, R., and G. Stout. 1942. Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia. New York: Dover.

Hatton, G. D., A. J. Shortland, and M. S. Tite. 2008. “The Production Technology of Egyptian Blue and Green Frits from Second Millennium BC Egypt and Mesopotamia.” Journal of Archaeological Science 35: 1591–1604.

Kakoulli, I. 2009. Greek Painting Techniques and Materials from the Fourth to the First Century BC. London: Archetype.

Kuehni, R. G. 1980. “Color and Colorants in Ancient Egypt.” Color Res. Appl. 5: 169–72. 

Lee, L., and S. Quirke. 2000. “Painting Materials.” In Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology, edited by P. T. Nicholson and I. Shaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 105–13.

Lucas, A. 1926. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries. London: Histories & Mysteries of Man.

Newman, R., and G. Gates. 2020. “The Matter of Madder in the Ancient World.” In Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project, edited by M. Svoboda and C. Cartwright. Los Angeles: Getty Publications.

Pagès-Camagna, S., and H. Guichard. 2010. “Egyptian Colours and Pigments in French Collections: 30 Years of Physiochemical Analyses on 300 Objects.” In Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects: Technology, Deterioration and Conservation: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Cambridge, UK on 7-8 September 2007, edited by J. Dawson, C. Rozeik, and M. M. Wright, 25–31. London: Archetype.

Roberts, C. 2020. “Green Pigments: Exploring Changes in the Egyptian Color Palette through the Technical Study of Roman Period Mummy Shrouds.” In Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project, edited by M. Svoboda and C. Cartwright. Los Angeles: Getty Publications.

Scott, D. 2016. “A Review of Ancient Egyptian Pigments and Cosmetics.” Studies in Conservation 61 (4): 185–202.

Siddall, R. 2018. “Mineral Pigments in Archaeology: Their Analysis and the Range of Available Materials.” Minerals 8 (5): 201.

Theophrastus. 1965. De Lapidibus. Translated by D. E. Eichholz. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Verri, G. 2009. “The Spatially Resolved Characterisation of Egyptian Blue, Han Blue and Han Purple by Photo-Induced Luminescence Digital Imaging.” Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 394 (4): 1011–21.

Vitruvius. 2009. On Architecture. Translated by R. Schofield and R. Tavernor. London: Penguin Books. 

Walton, M. S., and K. Trentelman. 2009. “Romano-Egyptian Red Lead Pigment: A Subsidiary Commodity of Spanish Silver Mining and Refinement.” Archaeometry 51 (5): 845–60.