Mummy Brown wasn’t just a color — it was crushed human remains once used by artists and apothecaries; fake mummies were made to meet demand. History’s darkest pigment.
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The Death of Mummy Paint | Historical Victorian Horrors

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The Death of Mummy Paint | Historical Victorian Horrors

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Today I learned that there was a pigment called “Mummy Brown,” and it was literally ground mummies

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