Did you ever mix dirt and water when you were playing outside? You made a paint. Did you draw shapes on the ground with your muddy hands? You made a painting. Long ago, artists made their own paints ...

Paint is made by combining a colorful substance – a pigment – with another material that binds the color together and helps ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Dawn Rogala, Smithsonian Institution and Gwénaëlle Kavich, Smithsonian Institution ...