Pigments
Thangka colors
Sacred palette of the Himalayas
I painted the Kashi Swayambhu Buddhist Temple in Kathmandu using the same mineral pigments traditionally employed in Tibetan thangka painting, many of them finely ground minerals.
- Kashi Swayambhu Buddhist temple, Kathmandu, Nepal
- 27°42'34.5"N 85°18'35.2"E
- Friday, 19 December 2025
Pigment recipe
PG39 Genuine Malachite, natural mineral pigment (copper-based)
Malachite - Nila Colori
PB30 Genuine Azurite, natural mineral pigment (copper-based)
Azurite - Nila Colori
LAP Genuine Lapis Lazuli Natural mineral (lazurite-based)
Lapis Lazuli - Nila Colori
PR106 Synthetic Cinnabar Mercuric sulfide (HgS)
Marie’s Chinese Watercolor Vermilion “Cinnabar”
PR255 Vermilion Metal-free alternative (Diketo-pyrrolo-pyrrole)
Schmincke Horadam 365
PY42 Yellow Ochre, synthetic hydrated iron oxide
Schmincke Horadam 655
PW6 Titanium dioxide
Schmincke Horadam 101
PBk9 Ivory Black (carbonized bones of animals)
Schmincke Horadam 780
PW20 Gold (imit.)mica-based + metal oxide (Iriodin), pearlescent pigment
Schmincke Horadam 893