Long ago, people didn’t buy colors like you do at the store. They used things from nature to make color, like red from berries or blue from stones. To make paint, they crushed up rocks and mixed them with oils or water. It was kind of like making a smoothie for your art! Some colors were harder to find than others, so artists had to be creative.
Examples
- A girl crushes red berries into a paste to paint her cave wall.
- An artist mixes crushed blue stones with oil to create paint for his drawings.
- He uses yellow clay mixed with water to draw on pottery.
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See also
- How Did the First Artists Create Color in Paint?
- How Did the First Colors in Art Appear?
- How Did the First Paintings Appear in Ancient Times?
- Why Are Some Stars Blue and Others Red?
- How Do Stars Get Their Different Colors?
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