# McCrone 1990: The Shroud of Turin: blood or artist's pigment?

> Walter C. McCrone, 1990. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The painting reading from the same samples.

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# The Shroud of Turin: blood or artist's pigment?

Walter C. McCrone, 1990. _Accounts of Chemical Research 23(3): 77-83_.

Microscopy of STURP tape samples reporting red ochre and vermilion in a collagen binder, and concluding the image and the "blood" are painted.

**Shroud of Turin** Articledoi: **[10.1021/ar00171a004](https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00171a004)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The painting reading from the same samples.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[The image and the stains were painted with pigments in a binder.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/answers/ANS0CWY2P5C493A/the-image-and-the-stains-were-painted-with-pigments-in-a)

Answer

ANS

[The stains are pigment (red ochre and vermilion).](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/answers/ANS0CWY2RKG7PD8/the-stains-are-pigment-red-ochre-and-vermilion)

Answer

ANS

[Microscopy of the tapes reports iron oxide and vermilion.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/evidence/EVD0CWY2RVA62FW/microscopy-of-the-tapes-reports-iron-oxide-and-vermilion)

Evidence

EVD

[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)

Evidence

EVD

[The Shroud of Turin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin)

The mystery article

MYS

[Are the red-brown stains blood?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shroud-of-turin/questions/QST0CWY2HGY52KJ/are-the-red-brown-stains-blood)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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McCrone, W. C. (1990). The Shroud of Turin: blood or artist's pigment?. Accounts of Chemical Research 23(3): 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00171a004
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1021/ar00171a004)

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**SRC** 0CWY28QP77XH

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Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

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Against the published article

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