Chinese White is permanent, and works remarkably well; it is freely used on every part of a picture in water colors.
Flake White. This is the only white adapted for oil colors. Chinese white is never used.
Mixing Compound Tints for the Face. Purple is formed of either ultra-marine, Prussian blue, smalt or indigo, mixed with either carmine or lake. Ultra-marine, although the most beautiful and brilliant of colors by itself, loses that perfection in any mixture, but it still retains a sufficient share of brightness to render it a desirable tint in the purplish-grey tints of the face. Prussian blue, mixed as before mentioned, makes a bright or dark purple, according to the quantity of either color. Indigo makes a still darker purple, owing to its great natural depth of color. French ultra and carmine, or lake, forms nearly the same tint as ultra-marine, and may be used nearly for the same purpose.
Olive Tints. A very fine olive tint is formed of gall-stone, Nottingham ochre and carmine, or lake; and another of sap green and lake only.
| Tints and the Colors Which Produce Them. | |
|---|---|
| Grey is made by combining | White and Lampblack. |
| Buff is made by combining | White and Yellow Ochre, Red. |
| Pearl is made by combining | White, Black, Blue. |
| Orange is made by combining | Yellow, Red. |
| Violet is made by combining | Red, Blue, White. |
| Purple is made by combining | Violet, Red, White. |
| Gold is made by combining | White, Stone, Ochre, Red. |
| Olive is made by combining | Yellow, Blue, Black, White. |
| Chestnut is made by combining | Red, Black, Yellow. |
| Flesh is made by combining | White, Yellow Ochre, Vermilion. |
| Limestone is made by combining | White, Yellow Ochre, Red, Black. |
| Sandstone is made by combining | White, Yellow Ochre, Red, Black. |
| Freestone is made by combining | Red, Black, Yellow Ochre, White. |
| Fawn is made by combining | White, Yellow, Red. |
| Chocolate is made by combining | Raw Umber, Red, Black. |
| Drab is made by combining | White, Raw and Burnt Umber. |
| Pea Green is made by combining | White and Chrome Green. |
| Rose is made by combining | White, Madder, Lake. |
| Copper is made by combining | Red, Yellow, Black. |
| Lemon is made by combining | White, Yellow. |
| Snuff is made by combining | Yellow, Vandyke Brown. |
| Claret is made by combining | Red, Umber, Black. |
| Dove is made by combining | White, Vermilion, Blue, Yellow. |
| Pink is made by combining | White, Vermilion, Lake. |
| Cream is made by combining | White, Yellow. |
| Salmon is made by combining | White, Yellow, Raw Umber, Red. |
| Straw is made by combining | White, Chrome Yellow. |
| Lilac is made by combining | White, with Violet. |
| Changeable is made by combining | Red, Green, lightened with White. |
| Peach Blossom is made by combining | White, Red, Blue, Yellow. |
| Bronze Green is made by combining | Chrome Green, Black, Yellow, or Black and Yellow, or Black and Green. |
Transparent Colors. Burnt Terre de Sienna, Terre Verte Asphaltum, Dragon’s blood, Carmine, Rose Pink, Gamboge, Prussian Blue, all the Lakes and all the Gums.
Semi-Transparent. Umber, Vandyke Brown, Chrome Red, Emerald Green, Indigo, Verdigris, Brilliant Ultra-Marine.
Contrast and Harmony of Colors. One color will generally harmonize with another when both contain the same base in different proportions. White contrasts with Black, Brown, and harmonizes with any other color. Yellow contrasts with Purple, White, and harmonizes with Orange and pale colors. Orange contrasts with Blue, and harmonizes with Red, Pink. Red contrasts with Green, and harmonizes with Crimson. Green contrasts with Red, and harmonizes with Yellow. Purple contrasts with Yellow, White, and harmonizes with Crimson. Black contrasts with pale colors, and harmonizes with deep colors. Gold contrasts with dark colors, and harmonizes with light colors.
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