This section is from the book "The Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia", by Luke Hebert. Also available from Amazon: Engineer's And Mechanic's Encyclopaedia.
White lead, with a little burnt or raw umber, and yellow ochre.
White lead, and a little black.
White lead, with burnt umber and a little yellow ochre for a warm tint, and with raw umber and a little black for a green tint.
White lead with black, and a little Prussian blue.
White lead, with Prussian blue.
White lead, with Prussian blue, and a little lake. These last, used in various proportions, will make purples and lilacs of all shades.
White lead, with stone ochre, and a little vermilion or burnt stone ochre.
White lead and yellow ochre.
Same as the last, with more white.
White lead, with chrome yellow.
Orange lead, or chrome yellow and vermilion.
White lead, with either vermilion, Indian red, purple brown, or burnt stone ochre.
Chrome yellow, with a little vermilion and white.
White lead, with vermilion, blue and black.
Prussian blue, raw umber, and yellow stone ochre, with a little white, and thinned with boiled oil and a little turpentine.
Raw'umber, with Prussian blue, thinned as before.
White lead, with Brunswick green, or with Prussian blue and chrome yellow.
Spanish brown, or Venetian red and black, thinned with boiled oil and a little turpentine.
White lead and black.
White lead, with yellow ochre and burnt umber.
Purple brown, or Venetian red, with a little black.
Black should be ground in boiled oil, and thinned with boiled oil and a little turpentine.
It will be obvious that the proportions of the colours above mentioned must be determined by the particular tone of colour required.
 
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