Legendary Blues in Painting
From Klein blue to lapis ultramarine and indigo, dive into the pigments that shaped painting
What this quiz asks
- 1What does the acronym IKB, the colour Yves Klein registered, stand for?
- 2Which semi-precious stone was true ultramarine made from?
- 3Which garment owes its historic blue to indigo?
- 4What does the word ultramarine literally mean?
- 5Where were the mines that supplied the old masters' lapis lazuli?
- 6Which Dutch painter is famous for his generous use of ultramarine?
- 7Who developed artificial, far cheaper ultramarine in the 1820s?
- 8Before imported indigo, which plant gave European dyers their blue?
- 9How did indigo end up being mass-produced around 1900?
- 10What keeps Klein's IKB blue matte and velvety?
