Orpiment has been used in art history by masters like Rembrandt and Hokusai.

Mineral Cup Round 1 Match 5: Cuprite vs Orpiment This is an obvious choice for me. Cuprite might be full of copper and a lovely colour but Orpiment, which literally means gold pigment is a poisonous pigment used since antiquity! Vote Orpiment! #MinCup26 But, have I got a story for you… https://www.popsci.com/environment/deep-sea-worm-yellow-paint-poison/ Not only can you find Orpiment amongst the pigments employed throughout art history by masters like Rembrandt but in the deep-sea Pacific worm Paralvinella hessleri which 🧵

Vote #Orpiment in Round 1 Match 5 of the #MinCup26! The storied pigment is found in the great Hokusai’s woodblock prints, and those of other masters of the Edo era. Cuprite could never. Vote for orpiment here: https://www.mineralcup.org/2026/vote-results/vote-r1m05 #scicomm #pigment #arthistory #printmaking #minerals