yellow arsenic (orpiment) (zarnīkh asfar), red arsenic (realgar) (zarnīkh ahmar), red lead (minium) (salaqūn, salāqūn), white lead (isfīdāj), lac/lake (lakk, lukk), talc or mica (talq)

Ingredients

yellow arsenic (orpiment), red arsenic (realgar), red lead (minium), white lead (isfīdāj), lac/lake, talc, mica

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

Ibn Bādīs categorized recipes into those used with a brush (al-aḥbar al-mulawwanah) and those used with a pen (liyaq) (p. 76).

Evidence

"The recipes for coloured inks and paints given by Ibn Bādīs include the following substances: yellow arsenic (orpiment) (zarnīkh asfar), red arsenic (realgar) (zarnīkh ahmar), red lead (minium) (salaqūn, salāqūn), white lead (isfīdāj), lac/lake (lakk, lukk), talc or mica (talq)."

Remarks

Ibn Badis described 31 different coloured inks, primarily grouped into red, yellow, and green, but also including violet, white, blue, and pink (p. 76-77).