ultramarine + orpiment

Ingredients

ultramarine, orpiment

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

A unique mixture of ultramarine blue and orpiment used specifically to create a dark green for foliage (p. 230).

Evidence

"In the Shāhnāma manuscript AKM 5 (Turkman style) in one case, the colour combination of ultramarine + orpiment was used to create the dark green colour of the tree leaves. This colour combination was completely unique by AKM 5 painter and has not been used by any of the other painters in Shiraz or other cities."

Remarks

This specific combination is highlighted as a unique technical choice of the AKM 5 painter, not found in other contemporary Shiraz school paintings or other analyzed cities (p. 230).