After cleaning the pigment it had only to be mixed with the
binder to become paint. For blending a pigment and binder you can simply mix it. Paint preparation can takeĀ a full day to prepare the five primary colors. Traditionally, the materials included a variety of mineral and vegetable substances minerals, precious stones, bark, leaves, flowers (especially the rock rose), gold, silver, copper, etc. Each had to be collected from its source in different .