Tlapalli — Mesoamerican colour history
23 real pigments identified by spectroscopy in Mesoamerican codices. Each colour has a name, an origin and a story. «Painting, colour» in Nahuatl.
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Tlapalli
«painting, colour» in Nahuatl
23 real pigments identified by spectroscopy in Mesoamerican codices. Each colour has a name, an origin and a story.
Maya blue — a Mesoamerican technological invention
The red of the New World
Yellows, greens and the base
Colonial tradition
Pigments brought by the Europeans that transformed the palette of the manuscripts.
Bermellón de Sevilla
Azul de Ultramar
Vidrio de Cobalto
Amarillo de Plomo
Blanco de Cerusa
Verdigris de Indias
Tinta de Escribano
The encounter — mixed tradition
Tlapalli v1.0 — Linkgua Ediciones · Magaloni 2014, Domenici et al. 2020, Zetina & Falcón 2014, Dupey García & Buti 2021