Minium (pigment) 300 B.C. It was known in the Han Dynasty (200 BC-200 AD) under the name "cinnabar of lead" ("ch'ien tan"), The process of manufacturing it was described in a Chinese manuscript of the 5th century. Minium was widely used for Persian miniature painting and Indian miniature painting. Minium (pigment) Minium, also known as red lead, is a bright orange red pigment that was widely used in the Middle Ages for the decoration of manuscripts and for painting. It was made by roasting white lead pigment in the air; the white lead would gradually turn yellow, then into an orange lead
The "What Time Is Love?" Story half the price of a conventional album. Released on 25 September 1989 on LP and CD, "The "What Time Is Love?" Story" used the same basic design lay-out as the "Pure Trance Original" singles, but the colour scheme was altered: lurid pink writing on lurid green (for the vinyl), and lurid green on lurid pink (for the CD). Many commentators have speculated that all of these 'covers' were in fact the work of The KLF themselves. "Q" magazine, for example, commented that "one wonders why all the vocalists sound so alike (and British, even when praising Allah)" and asked of