Grind historically authentic pigments. Bind them with period-appropriate mediums. Paint on papyrus — and learn the documented chemistry behind 5,000 years of color.
In response to: “This could explain how many things were done in ancient times.”
Click a brass bowl on the left to begin the grinding ritual. Each bowl holds a historically documented pigment with its own chemistry, era, and source. Once ground, drag across the papyrus canvas to paint — strokes carry real pigment grain, and your first use of each color reveals its formula.
Bind your pigment with gum arabic (medieval manuscripts), egg tempera (panel painting before 1450), or linseed oil (the Netherlandish oil revolution). The choice changes how your paint behaves and which combinations historical masters would have used.
In the atelier, raw minerals undergo mechanical grinding and binder mixing to form authentic historic paint. Selecting a pigment activates the mortar and pestle, pulverizing crystalline lumps into powder across a timed two-point-two second sweep. Choosing gum arabic, egg tempera, or linseed oil alters binder chemistry, balancing water transparency against drying polymer films. Dragging across papyrus generates textured stamps spaced every three pixels, scaling stroke thickness with the brush slider.