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Table 2.1: Average pigment particle size. Adapted from [Mac05].<br />

Size Material Size Material<br />

1000µm = 1 mm = 10 −3 m pyrroles<br />

100µm coarse historical pigments naphthols<br />

50µm smallest unmagnified 500nm wavelength of green light<br />

particles visible cadmium yellow<br />

cobalt violet titanium white<br />

manganese blue transparent red ir<strong>on</strong> oxides<br />

10µm cobalt green/turquoise translucent synth. organics<br />

cerulean blue arylides<br />

manganese violet benzimidazol<strong>on</strong>es<br />

black ir<strong>on</strong> oxides dioxazines<br />

5µm viridian 100nm zinc white<br />

cobalt blue prussian blue<br />

violet/yellow ir<strong>on</strong> oxides transparent synth. organics<br />

1µm = 10 −6 m quinacrid<strong>on</strong>es<br />

ultramarine blue phthalocyanines<br />

red ir<strong>on</strong> oxides 50nm carb<strong>on</strong> black<br />

cadmium red/orange 1nm = 10 −9 m<br />

opaque synthetic organics 0.3nm water molecule<br />

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