Cobalt Zinc Aluminate Blue Spinel, an inorganic pigment, is a reaction product of high temperature calcination in which Cobalt (II) Oxide, Zinc (II) Oxide, and Aluminum (III) Oxide in varying amounts are homogeneously and ionically interdiffused to form a crystalline matrix of spinel. Its composition may include any one or a combination of the modifiers Li2O, MgO, SiO2, SnO or TiO2.