Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets Part 14

269. SILVER OR PEARL GREY

Mix white lead, indigo, and a very light portion of black, regulating the quant.i.ties by the shade you wish to obtain.

270. FLAXEN GREY

This is obtained by a mixture of white lead and Prussian blue, with a small quant.i.ty of lake.

271. BRICK COLOUR

This is prepared by mixing yellow ochre, and red lead, with a little white lead.

272. OAK WOOD COLOUR

Mix together three-fourths white lead, and one-fourth part umber and yellow ochre; the proportions of the last two ingredients being determined by the required tints.

273. WALNUT TREE COLOUR

Two-thirds white lead, and one-third red ochre, yellow ochre, and umber, mixed according to the shade sought. If veining is required, use different shades of the same mixture, and for the deepest places, black.

274. JONQUIL

Mix together yellow, pink, and white lead. This colour is only proper for distemper.

275. LEMON YELLOW

Mix together realgar and orpiment; some object to this mixture on account of the poisonous nature of the ingredients. The same colour can be obtained by mixing yellow-pink with Naples yellow; but it is then only fit for distemper.

276. ORANGE COLOUR

For this colour mix red lead and yellow ochre.

277. VIOLET COLOUR

Make, by mixing vermillion, or red lead, with black or blue, and a small portion of white: vermillion is far preferable to red lead, in mixing this colour.

278. PURPLE

Made by mixing dark-red with violet-colour.

279. CARNATION

Mix together lake colour and white.

280. GOLD COLOUR

This is procured by mixing ma.s.sicot, or Naples yellow, with a small quant.i.ty of realgar, and a very little Spanish white.

281. OLIVE COLOUR

This may be obtained by various mixtures: black and a little blue, mixed with yellow; yellow-pink, with a little verdigris and lamp-black; or ochre and a small quant.i.ty of white, will also produce a kind of olive colour. For distemper, indigo and yellow-pink, mixed with white lead or Spanish white, must be used. If veined, it should be done with umber.

282. LEAD COLOUR

Mix together indigo and white lead or whiting.

283. CHESTNUT COLOUR

Mix red-ochre and black, for a dark-chestnut. To make it lighter, employ a mixture of yellow-ochre.

284. LIGHT TIMBER COLOUR

For this colour mix together spruce-ochre, white and a little umber.

285. FLESH COLOUR

Mix lake, white-lead, and a little vermilion.

286. LIGHT WILLOW GREEN

This is made by mixing white with verdigris.

287. STONE COLOUR

Mix white with a little spruce-ochre.

288. DARK LEAD COLOUR

Mix black and white with a little indigo.