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- Browns And The Cold Semi-neutral Grays Marrone Is Practically To
- Also Called Scarlet Chrome Is A Bright Chromate Of Lead Of An
- Black Chalk
- Composition Chemical Analysis Has Shown Several Of The Blues To Be
- Burnt Verdigris
- Belong The Dutch And Flemish Schools; The Sensible Which Aims At
- Less Known As English Red Prussian Red And Scarlet Ochre True
- Olive In Dark Green; Russet And Citrine In Dark Orange The
- Known Likewise As Raw Sienna Earth Terra Di Sienna &c Is A
- Root Of The Anchusa Tinctoria Commonly Known As Alkanet A Plant

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- Their Chief Source The Greens Consist Of Yellow Mixed With Copper
- Only That Of Extreme Light Objects Opaque It Follows That White Is To
- To Which The Various Appellations Have Been Given Of Thenard's Blue
- Thallium Orange
- Distilled Verdigris Or More Properly Refined Verdigris The Best Is
- Molybdenum Green
- Red And Blue In The Proportions Of Five Of The Former To Eight Of
- Violet De Mars Purple Ochre Or Mineral Purple Is A Dark Ochre
- Uniform Colour Thus Composed Is The Citrine Colour Of Fruit And
- Also In The Olive Foliage Of The Rose-tree Formed In The Individual

Or Cappagh Brown Is Likewise A Colour Peculiar To Oil It Is A

species of bog-earth or peat, mixed with manganese in various
proportions, and found on the estate of Lord Audley at Cappagh, near
Cork. The specimens in which the peat earth most abounds are of light
weight, friable texture, and dark colour; while those which contain more
of the metal are heavy and paler.

As pigments, the peaty Cappah brown is the most transparent and rich in
colour. A prompt drier in oil, its surface rivels during drying where it
lies thick. The other and metallic sort is a more opaque, a lighter and
warmer brown pigment, which dries rapidly and smoothly in a body or
thick layer. The first may be regarded as a superior Vandyke brown, the
second as a superior umber. The two extreme kinds should be
distinguished as light and deep Cappah browns; the former excellent for
dead colouring and grounds, the latter for glazing and graining. These
pigments work well in oil and varnish; they do not, however, keep their
place while drying in oil by fixing the oil, like the driers of lead,





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