Editing Lake pigment (section)

{{short description|Pigment made by precipitating a dye with an inert binder, or mordant}}

A '''lake pigment''' is a [[pigment]] made by [[precipitating]] a [[dye]] with an [[chemically inert|inert]] [[binder (material)|binder]], or [[mordant]], usually a [[metallic salt]].  Lake pigments are largely [[organic compound|chemically organic]].<ref name=Ullmann1>K. Hunger. W. Herbst "Pigments, Organic" in ''[[Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry]]'', Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2012. {{doi|10.1002/14356007.a20_371}}</ref> Manufacturers and suppliers to artists and industry frequently omit the ''lake'' designation in the name. Many lake pigments are [[Fugitive pigment|fugitive]] because the dyes involved are not [[lightfast]]. Red lakes were particularly important in [[Renaissance art|Renaissance]] and [[Baroque art|Baroque]] paintings; they were often used as translucent glazes to portray the colors of rich fabrics and draperies.<ref name="Ashok Roy p. 41">David Bomford and Ashok Roy, ''A Closer Look - Colour'', National Gallery Company, p. 41.</ref>