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3000 BCE
Ancient Times
The Chinese are supposedly considered the first to use brushstrokes for writing and art.Art back then symbolized peace and tranquility. In 3000 BC, Egyptians created the first synthetic pigment.In 427-347 BC, Plato discovered that mixing two colors can create a product of a new color and recorded the colors that were produced, making the first Color Wheel.
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2000 BCE
Introduction of Paint
The idea of paint came form the idea that human wanted to leave a mark on this world in the form of images .Colors have been used for over 20,000 years.Evidence of color can be found in cave wall paintings and such.
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400 BCE
Egyptians
After the Stone Ages, Egyptian began to use art to tell its history.The paint they used back then was mixing waters with naturally pigmented things. For example, to make the color yellow, they would sometimes take egg yolks or yellow flowers and mix it in with either water or saliva to use as paint.Soon after, they switched from natural dyes to dyes made with minerals. These paints were called synthetic paints and super bright.(Date not specified)
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Jan 1, 1410
Renaissance
After a long time of using pigmented paints, the color started to fade and there was no shininess to it. In come the oil- based paints. Oil paints and pastels were introduced in 1410 by Jan van Eyck, even though he wasn't the one to create it.No one knows who created it, but Eyck's use of these colors influenced the greatest painter, Leonardo da Vinci to use them for his masterpieces, including the Mona Lisa.
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Commercial Paints
In the 1700, colonial America and early Europe were mostly inhabited by farmers and countryside people, and one of the most used paints and oddest of them all is Milk -Based Paints .
Supposedly, you would take milk (cows, goats,etc.) and mix it with calcium carbonate and pigments. This paint was much more smoother and more brighter than regular paint. The only problem with this paint was that it HAD to be refrigerated.
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Modern Age
In 1776, William Reeves created the first company to mass produce watercolor pallets. The cakes were created using natural pigments, minerals, a liquid substance that is similar to glue. They also created the first hues of blue and green. The first one was Prussian blue, made from the mineral Iron. The other color was cobalt green, made of lime stone and pigment
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Industrailization
The industrial age changed paint and colors completely by with the invention of paint-tubes. Paint companies discovered a way to leave the pigments on paper permanently in paper by using linseed oil, which also helps keep the paint from drying too quickly.
The advance of chemistry in this era brought in other colors such as emerald green, cobalt violet, cadmium yellow, etc.
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Spray Paint
During the 1940s, American industries began taking an interest in aerosol sprays.Aerosol sprays were pressurized can that was filled with perfume or liquids that dispersed where pressing the valve that was on top.The cans were very light,and it was very cheap to get back then.In 1949, Edward Seymour decided to add paint inside one of these cans instead of perfume, per suggestion of his wife Bonnie. Now, the cans have a small ball inside to mix the paint.
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