The colour of the earth - a book about earth pigments and egg tempera

AvJord's own book; The Color of Earth – on earth pigments in egg oil tempera. This is a book for anyone who wants to know more about color in general and about egg oil tempera with earth pigments in particular. Learn about the amazing properties of earth pigments and discover a treasure trove of colors with recipes for 210 hues that cover the entire color spectrum! In addition, you'll receive practical advice on paints and help with creating beautiful color schemes.

Authors: Milis Ivarsson and Frida Hafvenstein

ISBN: 91-631-0912-3
Printed by: db grafiska, Örebro, 2005

The book includes an accompanying CD with PDFs of the book, recipes, and NCS diagrams showing the blackness and chromaticness of the colors at different lightness values ('percent') for, e.g., private printing. Here you can contact AvJord to receive the digital material via email instead.