Pigments

Pigments

Cochineal​

Dyeing tradition of carpets

Cochineal is a traditional red dye used to color wool for carpet weaving. I painted a woman weaving a Turkish carpet using genuine cochineal and a synthetic madder watercolor for contrast, then attached sample wool threads used by the weavers.

Carpet
Dyeing material
Setup
Material
Weaver
Threads
Detail of the Cochineal watercolor.
Wool
Diagram
Loom
Travel sketchbook stamp from Türkiye.
  • Synthesis Carpet, Avanos, Nevşehir, Türkiye
  • 38°42'52.1"N 34°50'17.8"E
  • Monday, 31 March 2025

Pigment recipe

NR4 Natural Red 4 (cochineal/carmine)

Schmincke Horadam “Historical – Cochineal Red”

PR83:1 (Synthetic Alizarin Lake) + PR177 (Anthrachinone)

Schmincke Horadam Madder Lake Deep 358

PV19 (Quinacridone) + PR179 (Perylene)

Schmincke Horadam Madder Red Dark 354

Bole
Desert

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