“…Inorganic pigments find wide application in paints, inks, glasses, plastics and coloured glazes in which the thermal and chemical stabilities as well as weather‐resistance properties of the pigment materials play a crucial role Most inorganic pigments consist of transition metals (TMs) substituted in the positions of non‐transition‐metal/non‐metal atoms in various colourless metal oxide hosts. Thus, Cu‐substituted apatites, [A 10 (PO 4 ) 6 (Cu x OH 1– x – y ) 2 ] (A = Ca, Sr, Ba), which produce magenta/violet/blue colours, 3d‐TM‐substituted spiroffite, Zn 2 Te 3 O 8 , which yields purple/yellow/green colours, and Co 2+ ‐, Ni 2+ ‐ and Cu 2+ ‐substituted diphosphate, SrZnP 2 O 7 , which give orange, cyan, green and red colours, are some of the TM‐containing pigment materials reported in recent times , .…”