# The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder.

> Disputed: The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder.

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# The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder.

The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** One piece of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Pigment particles and binder in image and stain areas.

## What would rule it out

- Absence of pigment in the image fibres.

## Evidence 1 for · 1 against

[Red ochre and vermilion reported on the STURP tapes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2PD6644E/red-ochre-and-vermilion-reported-on-the-sturp-tapes)

Suggestive

FOR

[STURP found the image colour in the fibrils themselves with no binder or brush marks.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2PN02FTV/sturp-found-the-image-colour-in-the-fibrils-themselves-with)

Supported

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[How was the image made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2H943JFZ/how-was-the-image-made)

Open4 answers, none ahead

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder. [Answer ANS0CWY2P5C493A]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0CWY2P5C493A
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Key

**ANS** 0CWY2P5C493A

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