One of my favorite colors is blue. It lies between violet and green on the light spectrum.
I love blue!!! I wonder where the pigment comes from in the earth?
It comes from many sources. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was used in both Ancient Egypt and later on in The Renaissance to make various pigments.
That's interesting. What kind of art media was it first made into?
The Ancient Egyptians used it for jewellery and ornaments and during the Renaissance it was used to make the pigment ultramarine, a very expensive pigment.
Oh wow so much uses! So how old is the color blue exactly?
Well, Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and came together around 3100 BC.
Was it the first pigment to be discovered or were others before blue?