🧠 The Daily Fact #27

The color "mummy brown" was once made using actual ground-up mummies. During the 16th to 19th centuries, European artists prized the pigment for its rich, earthy tone. The paint was created by grinding the preserved remains of Egyptian mummies into powder and mixing it with oil. It was so popular that by the 19th century, the supply of mummies began to run out. When artists learned the grisly source of their paint, many stopped using it, and it was eventually discontinued.