Graebe and co-worker C. Liebermann discovered that a red dye called
alizarin — then made from
madder, a Eurasian herb — was a derivative of anthracene, a crystalline cyclic hydrocarbon.
Colours:
alizarin crimson, cadmium red, rose
madder, verde green, terre verte green, ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, cobalt blue, ultramarine violet, transparent oxide of red, burnt sienna, raw umber, burnt umber, yellow ochre, lemon yellow, titanium white.