ocr: Painter Ancient Egyptian painters worked on wood and stone. They coated these surfaces with white paint, sketched the image, and then painted it many colors. InA Ancient Egyptian paintings, each color had a meaning. For example, green was for resurrection. Men were usually painted with dark red skin, while women were painted with yellow tones. Some experts believe that this was more meant time in to the show sun that than men women spent did. and red from red ochre. (Ochre ochre is a kind of iron that is found in clay.) Tor make paint, Egyptians powdered See Also: minerals, then mixed them wit ...