Los pigmentos empleados son tanto inorgánicos como orgánicos. Los inorgánicos han sido utilizados desde la antigüedad y la gran mayoría proceden o se extraen de minerales y arcillas, como las tierras naturales, sienas, y ocres. También los pigmentos de titanio, carbón, azul ultramar, cobaltos y cadmios pertenecen a esta categoría.
Muchos de ellos son sintetizados actualmente en procesos industriales. Los pigmentos orgánicos son más modernos, se desarrollan a principios del siglo XX gracias a los nuevos métodos de síntesis en Química Orgánica.
Estos pigmentos sintéticos son ahora un grupo muy importante en la fabricación de colores para artistas, produciendo tonos brillantes e luminosos de una intensidad extraordinaria con una estabilidad y permanencia excelente. La gama de pigmentos organicos es actualmente muy extensa y abarca desde pigmentos azoicos, azules, verdes phtalocianinas, dioxacinas, pirroles, antraquinonas, quinacridonas, etc.
PB / Pigments Blue
| PB15 | Phthalocyanine (Copper phthalocyanine) | 74160 a |
| PB15:3 | Phthalocyanine (Copper phthalocyanine) | 74160 b |
| PB15:4 | Phthalocyanine (Copper phthalocyanine) | 74160 b non. floc. |
| PB15:6 | Phthalocyanine (Copper phthalocyanine) | 74160 e |
| PB16 | Phtalocyanine | 74100 |
| PB22 | Anthraquinone | 69810 |
| PB27 | Ferric ferrocyanide | 77510 |
| PB28 | Cobaltous aluminate | 77346 |
| PB29 | Polysulphide of sodium alumino silicate | 77007 |
| PB35 | Cobaltous stannate | 77368 |
| PB36 | Cobaltous/ chromium/ alumino oxide | 77343 |
| PB60 | Indanthrone | 69800 |
| PB66 | Indigo | – |
| PB74 | Phenacite (Cobaltous-Zinc-Silice) | – |
PBk / Pigments Black
| PBk1 | Azine (Aniline black) | 50440 |
| PBK6 | Carbon (Carbon black) | 77266 |
| PBk7 | Carbon (Carbon black) | 77266 |
| PBk8 | Amorphous Carbon of vegetable origin | 77266 |
| PBk9 | Mixture of mainly calciumphosphate & carbon (Bone black) | 77267 |
| PBk10 | Graphite (Crystallized Carbon) | – |
| PBk11 | Synthetic iron oxide | 77499 |
| PBk31 | Perylene | – |
PBr / Pigments Brown
| PHBr6 | Iron Oxide | 77491 |
| PBr7 | Calcined natural iron oxide | 77491 |
| PBr8 | Brown Coal | – |
| PBr24 | Antimony/ chromium/ titanium oxide | 77310 |
PG / Pigments Green
| PG7 | Phthalocyanine (Chlorinated copper phthalocyanine) | 74260 |
| PG8 | Nitroso | 10006 |
| PG10 | Monoaza | 12775 |
| PG17 | Chromium sesquioxide | 77288 |
| PG18 | Hydrated chromium sesquioxide | 77289 |
| PG19 | Mixture of cobalt zincate and zincoxide | 77335 |
| PG23 | Natural green earth | 77009 |
| PG24 | Polysulphide of sodium alumino silicate | 77013 |
| PG26 | Spinel(Cobaltous-Chromium) | – |
| PG36 | Phthalocyanine (Chlorinated brominated phthalocyanine) | 74265 |
| PG50 | Cobalt titanate (Cobaltous/ nickel/ zinc/ titanium alumino oxide) | 77377 |
PO / Pigments Orange
| P05 | Monoazo | 12075 |
| PO20 | Cadmium sulfoselenide | 77202 |
| PO34 | Disazo | 21115 |
| PO36 | Monoazo | 11780 |
| PO43 | Perinone | 71105 |
| PO48 | Quinacridone | 73900/ 73920 |
| PO49 | Quinacridone | – |
| PO60 | Benzimidazolone | – |
| PO62 | Benzimidazolone | 11775 |
| PO67 | Pyrazoloquinazolone | 12915 |
| PO69 | Isoindoline | 56292 |
| PO71 | Diketopyrrolopyrrole | 561200 |
| PO73 | Isoindoline | 561170 |
PR / Pigments Red
| PR4 | Monoazo (Naphthol) | 12085 |
| PR5 | Monoazo (Naphthol ITR) | 12490 |
| PR7 | Monoazo | 12420 |
| PR9 | Monoazo | 12460 |
| PR12 | Monoazo (Naphthol) | 12385 |
| PR14 | Monoazo | 12380 |
| PR17 | Monoazo | 12390 |
| PR23 | Monoazo (Naphthol) | 12355 |
| PR57:1 | Monoazo | 15850:1 |
| PR83 | Anthraquinone | 58000:1 |
| PR101 | Synthetic iron oxide | 77491 |
| PR108 | Cadmiumsulphoselenide/ Cadmium selenide | 77202/ 77196 |
| PR112 | Monoazo (Naftol) | 12370 |
| PR119 | Monoazo | – |
| PR122 | Quinacridone | 73915 |
| PR123 | Anthraquinone | 71145 |
| PR146 | Azo | 12485 |
| PR149 | Antharaquinone | 71137 |
| PR168 | Antharaquinone | 59300 |
| PR170 | Monoazo | 12475 |
| PR173 | Rhodamine (Triarylcarbonium) | 45170:3 |
| PR175 | Monoazo | 12513 |
| PR176 | Monoazo | |
| PR177 | Anthraquinone | 65300 |
| PR178 | Antharquinone | 71155 |
| PR179 | Antharquinone (Perylene) | 71130 |
| PR184 | Naphtol AS | 12487 |
| PR188 | Monoazo | 12467 |
| PR190 | Antharquinone | 71140 |
| PR192 | Quinacridone | – |
| PR206 | Quinacridone | – |
| PR207 | Quinacridone | 73900/ 73906 |
| PR209 | Quinacridone | 73905 |
| PR251 | Pyrazoloquinazolone | 12925 |
| PR254 | Diketopyrrolopyrrole | 56110 |
| PR255 | Diketopyrrolopyrrole | 561050 |
| PR264 | Diketopyrrolopyrrole | 561300 |
PV / Pigments Violet
| PV1 | Rhodamine (Triarylcarbonium) | 45170:2 |
| PV3 | Triphenylmethane (Triarylcarbonium) | 42535:2 |
| PV14 | Cobalt phosphate | 77360 |
| PV15 | Polysulphide of sodium alumino silicate | 77007 |
| PV16 | Manganese ammonium pyrophosphate | 77742 |
| PV19 | Quinacridone | 73900 |
| PV23 | Dioxazine | 51319 |
PY / Pigments Yellow
| PY1 | Monoazo | 11680 |
| PY3 | Monoazo | 11710 |
| PY17 | Disazo (Diarylide) | 21105 |
| PY35 | Cadmium zinc sulphide | 77205 |
| PY37 | Calcined Cadmium Sulphide | 77199 |
| PY40 | Potassium cobalt nitrite | 77357 |
| PY42 | Hydrated synthetic iron oxide | 77492 |
| PY43 | Hydrated natural iron oxide | 77492 |
| PY53 | Nickel/ antimony/ titanium oxides | 77788 |
| PY65 | Monoazo | 11740 |
| PY73 | Monoazo | 11738 |
| PY74 | Monoazo | 11741 |
| PY83 | Disazo | 21108 |
| PY97 | Monoazo | 11767 |
| PY98 | Monoazo | 11727 |
| PY108 | Antraquinone | 70600 |
| PY109 | Isoindolinone | 56284 |
| PY110 | Isoindolinone | 56280 |
| PY112 | Anthraquinone | 70600 |
| PY119 | Spincel (Zinc-Iron) | – |
| PY128 | Disazo | 20037 |
| PY129 | Azomethine | 48042 |
| PY138 | Quinoline | – |
| PY150 | Monoazo | 12764 |
| PY151 | Monoazo | – |
| PY153 | Nickel Complex | – |
| PY154 | Benzimidazolone | 11781 |
| PY155 | Disazo | – |
| PY156 | Benzimidazolone | – |
| PY157 | Priderite (Nickel-Barium-Titanium) | – |
| PY175 | Monoazo | – |
| PY184 | Bismuth vanadate | – |
PW / Pigments White
| PW4 | Zinc oxide | 77947 |
| PW5 | Coprecipitate of zinc sulphide and barium sulphate | 77115 |
| PW6 | Titanium dioxide | 77891 |
| PW6/PW15/PW20 | Titanium dioxide and tin oxide coated mica | 77891/ 77861/ 77019 |
| PW18 | Calcium Carbonate | – |
| PW21 | Barium Sulfate | – |
| PW26 | Magnesium-Aluminium Silicate | – |
