In this work, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) techniques were used to study blue, red, ochre pigments from wall paintings of the 16th century colonial convent San Nicolás de Tolentino in Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico. blue pigments, nanometric fibers with a chemical composition mostly O, Si, Al, Mg identified. XRD FTIR analysis indicated ...