This section of the book is from the "Household Companion: The Practical Mechanic" book.
Chrome yellow and white lead.
Chrome yellow and white lead; more of the first than in straw color.
Chrome yellow and vermilion (bright), yellow ochre and red lead (duller).
White lead and yellow ochre.
Same as for buff, but with more white.
Chrome yellow with a little vermilion and white lead; or Naples yellow and realgar.
White lead and yellow ochre, with a little burnt or raw umber.
White lead, and a small quantity of black.
White lead, burnt umber, and a little yellow ochre (warm); white lead, raw umber, and a little black (cool).
Lake, white lead, and a little vermilion.
Same as for flesh color, with stone ochre instead of lake.
White lead, with vermilion, Indian red, or purple brown.
White lead, Prussian blue, and a little lake.
Black, yellow, and a little blue; or yellow, pink, lamp black, and a little verdigris.
Light red and black.
Venetian red and white lead.
Black, with Spanish brown, or Ve netian red.
Prussian blue, raw umber, and a little ochre, with a little white.
Raw umber and Prussian blue.
White lead and Brunswick green; or white lead, Prussian blue, and some chrome yellow.
White lead, with a little black, and a little Prussian blue or indigo.
Same as for pearl gray.
White lead and a little black.
White lead with black or indigo.
Vermilion, white lead, and indigo or black
Violet as above, with the addition of a rich, dark red, or colors for French gray.
White lead with Prussian blue and a little lake.
Same as for French gray, but with less white.
White lead with yellow ochre and burnt umber.
A little black with purple brown or Venetian red.
In all operations of painting, varnishing, etc., it is of the greatest importance that everything used, whether slab, muller, knife, or brushes, should be kept thoroughly clean.
 
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