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Saturday, 9 June 2018
Garish Colors - Orpiment Yellow
The major source for bright yellow in ancient Greek and Roman painting was #Orpiment another sulphate mineral ore pigment
This is how experts think it looked painted onto statues.
and here is a fresco example from Pompeii
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