How people in old days made colours?

Question

okay, there were no paint or colour pencils in the old days, how do they obtained colours to do artwork? they smashed berries or something? if can, i want a detail description, THANK YOU! ^^

Answer 1

You're mistaken. There were certainly paints in the "old days". Most artists, even now, prefer to make their own paint using various mediums and pigments. The colors can be derived from many natural substances, such as stones and minerals, plants, berries, etc.
Read this.
http://www.sinopia.com/paint.html

Answer 2

You got it, they didn't just go down to the local art store, they had to go out in the fields and get berries and cadmium root and charcoal. The pigments they use today still come from some of the same sources. When the fresco's were painted they actually mixed the colors into the plaster, that is one of the reasons Michelangelo went blind because it would fall into his eyes when painting the Sistine chapel, talk about dedication.

Answer 3

There was tempera paint, and Oil Paints, since the time of DaVinvi. Also, there were natural dyes (berries, yes, and even a type of seashell produced a royal purple when ground to a powder and mixed with water).

Answer 4

Some stones yielded colors when crushed and then mixed with either water or egg whites for use in painting some very old frescoes.

Answer 5

find a book or a website.

but yes, they smashed berries. and other types of plants.