Pigment Sources~

http://www.winsornewton.com/about-us/our-history/history-of-pigments/
-The history of pigments

http://jcsparks.com/painted/pigment-chem.html
-All the colors and their history+chemical properties

http://www.winsornewton.com/news/pigment-stories/
-pigment colour facts

http://www.scribd.com/doc/44140/Egg-Tempera-Painting

http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/tempera.htm
-mini history on egg tempera paints; artists who used them

http://www.cyberlipid.org/perox/oxid0011.htm
http://www.arcyart.com/history.htm
-History of oil paints

http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/study/g_oil_paint.html
-brief overview of oil paints

(just for fun)
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/paint1.html
-"deadliness" of certain pigments and paints