Lead paint is paint formulated with lead-based pigments or additives. A naturally-occurring element, lead was found to increase the washability, durability and strength of paint. With those ...

Originally introduced as a safer alternative to white lead pigments ... will need to look beyond typical ideas about paint pigments.

In an initial test of the new approach, they analyzed 15 paint ... pigments in the samples as: azopigments (yellow- and red-colored chips), phthalocyanins (blue and green chips), lead chromate ...