Although we often romanticize the bare marble of ancient sculpture today, most of these specimens were in fact painted in bright shades of blue, red, yellow, brown and many other hues.

A false-color image showing the fossil chemistry of the ancient mouse. Blue is calcium in the bones, green is zinc, and red is an organic sulfur. Both zinc and sulfur are associated with the ...

Many ancient cultures believed that black was "the color of mystery and of the mysterious ways and wisdom of God," historian Ellen Conroy wrote in her book "The Symbolism of Colors" (1921).

4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say. ... More than 80% of the analyzed sample was made up of minerals that produce a deep red color ... Light Background ...

Tube of Ancient Red Lipstick Unearthed in Iran New research suggests the nearly 4,000-year-old cosmetic may be among the oldest discoveries of its kind. Sonja Anderson - Daily Correspondent.

Red lip coloring dates to 3500 B.C. when ancient Mesopotamia’s Queen Puabi (aka Shubad) used a concoction of white lead and crushed red rocks to stain her lips to symbolize her status in power.