List of inorganic pigments

Purple pigments

• Ultramarine violet : a synthetic or naturally occurring sulfur containing silicate mineral.

• London purple — an arsenical insecticide/pigment mixture derived from aniline-dye waste.

• Han purple: BaCuSi₂O₆.

• Cobalt violet : Co₃₂.

• Purple of Cassius: Gold nanoparticles suspended in tin dioxide - Au_x • SnO₂.

• Caput mortuum (Mars Violet) — a purple‑brown hematite iron oxide pigment, Fe₂O₃.

• Manganese violet: NH₄MnP₂O₇ manganic ammonium pyrophosphate.

• Strontium Violet (PV62) — Sr₅₃Cu_0.3O.

Blue pigments

• Ultramarine : a synthetic or naturally occurring sulfur containing silicate mineral - .
• Smalt CoO·nSiO₂.

• Cobalt blue : cobalt aluminate.
• Cerulean blue : cobalt stannate.
• Cerium uranium blue
• Cobalt chromite blue-green spinel CoCr₂O₄.
• Cobalt zinc aluminate spinel CoZnAl₂O₄.

• Azurite Cu₃₂₂.
• Blue Verditer Cu₂₂CO₃.

• Prussian blue : a synthetic inert pigment made of iron and cyanide: C₁₈Fe₇N₁₈.
• Vivianite Fe₃₂·8H₂O.

• YInMn Blue: a synthetic pigment.
• Manganese blue: barium manganate sulfate.

• Zirconium–vanadium blue zircon ZrSiO₄:V.

Green pigments

• Scheele's Green: yellowish-green pigment commonly used during the early to mid-19th century.
• Paris Green: It was manufactured in 1814 to be a pigment to make a vibrant green paint.

• Cadmium green: a light green pigment consisting of a mixture of cadmium yellow and chrome green.

• Chrome green : anhydrous chromium(III) oxide.
• Viridian : hydrated chromium(III) oxide Cr₂O₃ • xH₂O.

• Cobalt green: also known as Rinman's green or zinc green.
• Cobalt titanate green CoTiO₃.

• Malachite: cupric carbonate hydroxide, unstable.
• Scheele's Green : cupric arsenite.
• Brunswick green: various pigments, some with copper.
• Verdigris Cu₂·nCu₂.
• Atacamite Cu₂Cl₃.
• Brochantite Cu₄SO₄₆.
• Green verditer Cu₂₂CO₃.
• Egyptian Green CaCuSi₄O₁₀ + Fe compounds.

• Green earth: also known as terre verte and Verona green.

Yellow pigments

• Orpiment: natural monoclinic arsenic sulfide.
• Pararealgar AsS.

• Primrose yellow : bismuth vanadate.
• Bismuth molybdate Bi₂MoO₆.

• Cadmium yellow : cadmium sulfide, which also occurs as the mineral greenockite.
• Cadmium Lemon (PY37) CdS + ZnS.

• Chrome yellow or crocoite : lead chromate.
• Strontium yellow :.
• Barium Yellow (PY31) BaCrO₄.
• Zinc Yellow (PY36) 4ZnCrO₄·K₂O·H₂O.

• Aureolin or cobalt yellow : potassium cobaltinitrite.

• Yellow ochre : a naturally occurring clay of monohydrated ferric oxide.
• Mars Yellow (PY42) Fe₂O₃·nH₂O.

• Naples yellow.
• Lead-tin-yellow: or.
• Massicot PbO.

• Titanium yellow :.

• Mosaic gold: stannic sulfide.

• Zinc yellow : zinc chromate, a highly toxic substance with anti-corrosive properties which was historically most often used to paint over metals.

Orange pigments

• Realgar As₄S₄.

• Bismuth Vanadate Orange (PO86) BiVO₄.
• Bismuth Oxyhalide Orange (PO85) BiOCl·Bi₂S₃.

• Cadmium orange : an intermediate between cadmium red and cadmium yellow: cadmium sulfoselenide.

• Bismuth vanadate orange : similar to vermilion.

Red pigments

• Realgar: As₄S₄ - a highly toxic natural pigment.

• Cadmium red : cadmium sulfo-selenide.

• Cerium sulfide red.

• Sanguine, Caput mortuum, Indian red, Venetian red, oxide red.
• Red ochre : anhydrous Fe₂O₃.
• Burnt sienna : a pigment produced by heating raw sienna.

• Minium (pigment): also known as red lead, lead tetroxide, Pb₃O₄.

• Vermilion or cinnabar : HgS.

Brown pigments

• Raw umber : a natural clay pigment consisting of iron oxide, manganese oxide and aluminum oxide: Fe₂O₃ + MnO₂ + H₂O + SiO₂ + Al₂O₃. When calcined it is referred to as burnt umber and has more intense colors.
• Raw sienna : a naturally occurring yellow-brown pigment from limonite clay. Used in art since prehistoric times.

Black pigments

• Aniline black.
• Lamp black.
• Carbon black.
• Vine black.
• Ivory black.
• Graphite.
• Mineral Black.

• Mars black or Iron black Synthetic magnetite Fe₃O₄.

• Manganese dioxide : blackish or brown in color, used since prehistoric times.
• Iron manganese oxide.

• Molybdenum Disulfide.

• Titanium black: Titanium oxide.
• Titanium Dioxide Black: Reduced titanium oxide.

• Iron Titanium Brown Spinel.
• Cobalt Black.
• Zinc Sulfide.
• Slate Black.
• Copper Chromite Black.
• Tin Antimony Gray.
• Titanium Vanadium Antimony Gray.
• Cobalt Nickel Gray.
• Manganese Ferrite Black ₂O_4.
• Iron Cobalt Chromite Black.
• Iron Cobalt Black.
• Chrome Iron Nickel Black.
• Perylene Green.
• Perylene Black.

White pigments

• Antimony white: antimony(III) oxide.

• Barium sulfate : barium sulfate.
• Lithopone: BaSO₄•ZnS.

• Cremnitz white : basic lead(II) carbonate.

• Titanium white : titanium(IV) oxide.

• Zinc white : zinc oxide.
• Sachtolith: zinc sulfide.

Fluorescent pigments

• Uranium salts.

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