艺术作品的用色不仅会随着时尚潮流而改变,也会因是否有可用的颜料而改变。由于有剧毒或是过于昂贵,抑或仅仅是因为在制作过程中需要使用太多蜗牛,以下这五种颜料已经从艺术作品中绝迹了。玛雅蓝在玛雅人和阿兹特克人的古器物上可以看到一种天蓝色,比如在壁画和陶器上,甚至可能连用作人祭的那些可怜人的身体上也涂着这种颜色。和前哥伦布时期的那些美洲文明一样,大约在殖民时期, The color of a work of art varies not only with fashion trends, but also with the availability of pigments. The following five pigments have been extinct from the work of art because of the high toxicity or excessive cost, or simply because too many snails are used in the production process. Mayan blue can be seen in the ancient Maya and Aztec artifacts of a sky blue, such as in frescoes and pottery, and even may be used as a sacrifice of those poor people’s body is also coated with this color. Like the pre-Columbian American civilizations, around colonial times,