Category:Other Reds: Ukiyo-e colorant

Other Reds: Red mixtures of madder and safflower have commonly been found. The are most often detected by analyzed the back of a print in a region that madder was found in the front as the safflower penetrated the paper better than the madder. Other reds were commonly found by overprinting.

Other reds and red combinations found so far include:

Examples of Other Reds in Ukiyo-e Prints

Pt 5: Printed front (top) and back (bottom) Suzuki Harunobu, 11.19633

Pt 8: Madder, vermilion Keisai Eisen, 11.25617

Pt 3 Iron oxide red, Safflower, vermilion Suzuki Harunobu, 34.348

Pts 1,2 Red lead, vermilion Okumura Masanobu, 11.13343

Analysis

A combination of Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy, Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS), and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to detect the various reds.

List of Prints

Below is a list of prints where the various orange mixtures were detected.