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- Browns And The Cold Semi-neutral Grays Marrone Is Practically To
- Black Chalk
- Composition Chemical Analysis Has Shown Several Of The Blues To Be
- Also Called Scarlet Chrome Is A Bright Chromate Of Lead Of An
- Burnt Verdigris
- Less Known As English Red Prussian Red And Scarlet Ochre True
- Belong The Dutch And Flemish Schools; The Sensible Which Aims At
- 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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- Of Those Pigments Would Do The Rich Yellowness Entirely Disappearing
- Orange De Mars Is A Subdued Orange Of The Burnt Sienna Class But
- Sensible Perfection It Attained Harmony Of Colouring And Effect In
- &c As Well As Of The Semi-neutral Gray &c: It Therefore Is Changed
- Yellow Is A Chief Constituent: Hence Brown Is In Some Measure To Shade
- To Keep In Mind--the Glow Of Sunshine And The Cool Of Shade
- This Principle Of Contrast Applies Even To Individual Colours And
- Tertiary Colours Are Three Only Citrine Russet And Olive
- Splendid Viridian A Green Nothing But Fire Will Change And No
- Well To All Of These Must Be Superadded Durability When Used A

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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