Mummy Brown

‘Mummy Brown’ is a rich brown pigment used in paints that was originally made in the 16th and 17th centuries from the ground-up remains of Egyptian mummies, both human and feline. It fell from popularity during the 19th century when its composition became more generally known to artists. One art manufacturer told Time Magazine in 1964 that they had to stop making it as they could no longer find enough mummified limbs.