Alizarin Crimson 

Editor: Here we have "Alizarin Crimson" manufactured by Tizian Color Company. It shows a jar of pigment next to a color chart. What stories do you think this particular color holds? Curator: Alizarin Crimson speaks to the very history of synthetic color. Before its creation, that particular red, so evocative of blood and passion, came from precious, organic sources. Editor: So its availability changed the symbolic language of art itself? Curator: Precisely! Suddenly, that potent crimson wasn't reserved for royalty or religious figures. It democratized the visual vocabulary, imbuing everyday scenes with heightened emotion. What does the color evoke for you? Editor: It's fascinating to consider the shifts in meaning embedded in a single pigment. Thank you!