Pigments Used in Ancient China

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(1) Han purple and Han blue
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_purple_and_Han_blue
used "from the Western Zhou period (1045–771 BC) until the end of the Han dynasty (circa 220 AD)" )

Note:
(a) References 12 and 13 are Elizabeth West FitzHugh's report to decipher the chemical formula of either pigment. Working for Smithsonian Institution's national museums of Asian art, she studied pigments on 秦 兵马俑.
(b) Heinz Berke's papers in the references of this Wiki page provides further information.

(2) Jiang Y-Q et al, Chemistry Progress and Civilization in Ancient China. Bulletin of The Chinese Academy of Sciences, 25: 29, 33 (2011).
english.cas.cn/bcas/2011_1/201411/P020141121534291001634.pdf
("The colorful Buddhist mural art illustrates that ancient Chinese knew the usage of pigments more than 1,000 years ago. According to an analysis of the Mogao Cave paintings, the pigments there contained inorganic
pigments, organic pigments and minerals. Some examples of inorganic pigments are red cinnabar (HgS), yellow orpiment (As2S3) and green verdigris (Cu2(OH)2CO3). Organic pigments include yellow gamboges, red cochineal and blue indigo")
* orpiment 雌黃 (a mineral)
* verdigris (n; Did You Know?)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verdigris

verdigris  铜绿；铜锈

(3) Cinnabar: The Chinese Art of Carved Lacquer. The Met, Aug 6, 2009-Feb 21, 2010 (exhibit)/
https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2009/cinnabar
("Although lacquer is used in many Asian cultures, the art of carving lacquer [carving the lacquer, not underlying wood] is unique to China. * * * [As varnish (but not as carving material which tended and tends to be reddish, colored with cinnabar), lacquer] was often colored with minerals such as carbon (black), orpiment (yellow), and cinnabar (red) * * * In the carved-lacquer technique, multiple layers (often thirty or thirty-five, but at times up to two hundred) are applied onto a substructure in the shape of a box or dish, exposed to air and dried, and carved")