A watercolor depicting a farm scene under an orange cloudy sky with a white farmhouse, rows of fruit trees, and a path in the foreground

Happy World Pigment Day (March 22) ... here's a watercolor depicting an early 20th century Los Altos California apricot ranch in cadmiums orange and yellow, french ultramarine, prussian blue, yellow ochre, and assorted others.

Happy World Pigment Day! 22 March 2025
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It’s #worldpigmentday I love being able to make my own pigments, earth, mineral, metal, botanical. There’s so much beauty and variety!

Today is #WorldPigmentDay so an exciting time for these beautiful (unassuming) plants to arrive @theul.bsky.social 🌱

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An image showing jars full of different coloured pigments on a dark background, with the text World Pigment Day 2025 22 March

A pink pigment powder - erythrosine rose White- on a dark background with the text World Pigment Day 2025 22 March

Powdered white chalk pigment with the text World Pigment Day 2025 22 March

Minerals malachite and azurite being ground to make pigments with the text World Pigment Day 2025 22 March

Today is #WorldPigmentDay! 22 March 2025. We are celebrating pigments in art, biology, well everything #worldpigmentday2025

Making paint from pink and red pigments

A photo from a paint making workshop. Blue, yellow and red watercolour paint is being made from pure ultramarine and ochre pigments

Lake pigments are made from dyes. The photo shows small jars filled with multicoloured lake pigments

The image is split screen. The top shows some jars containing pigments which are made from minerals or are synthetic products which are chemically analogous to minerals. The lower part of the image shows brightly coloured mineral specimens

This Saturday, 22 March 2025 is World Pigment Day! Founded by myself and Jo Volley @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social we are now 7 years old. Follow us on instagram #worldpigmentday