Colors Used In Mechanical Drawing
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This section is from the book "Wrinkles And Recipes, Compiled From The Scientific American", by Park Benjamin. Also available from Amazon: Wrinkles and Recipes, Compiled From The Scientific American.
Colors Used In Mechanical Drawing
The annexed table shows different materials, and the colors used to denote them:
Fig. 2.-A Simple Camera Lucida
Cast-iron, ... | Paine's gray and a little Indian ink. |
" (another tint) | Ordinary neutral tint. |
" | Prussian blue and Indian ink. |
Wrought-iron, . | Prussian blue (or cobalt). |
A purple made by mixing crimson lake and Prussian blue. | |
Gun-metal, | Gamboge or yellow cadmium. |
Copper, | Indian red mixed with a little lake. |
Wood, | Burnt umber. |
Brick (red), | Indian red. |
" (yellow), . | Indian yellow or cadmium, toned with white. |
Stone color, | Chinese white and Indian ink, toned with yellow. |
Water, | Broken, irregular straight lines, with liquid copperas. |
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