tan　丹

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

A yellowish-red pigment *ganryou 顔料 used in Oriental painting touyouga 東洋画. Tan means red and is now used as an abbreviation for red lead *entan 鉛丹. formerly it seems to have referred to both entan and tetsutan 鉄丹 (iron red), made from ferric oxide. Tetsutan is now known as *bengara 弁柄.

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