Paint & Colour Mixing / A practical handbook for painters, decorators and all who have to mix colours, containing 72 samples of paint of various colours, including the principal graining grounds

by Arthur Seymour Jennings

Blood Red.

—Any bright red toned down with a little black will produce a shade sometimes called by this name.

Bordeaux Red.

—Take nine parts of black and with it two parts of orange chrome and one of Prussian blue.

Brick.

—Use two parts of French ochre to one part of Venetian red and one part of white lead, adding more ochre if required to lighten the colour. This gives a good tint, sometimes called “brick red,” and is suitable for outside work.

Bright Scarlet.

—Mix twenty parts of vermilion, seven parts of pale chrome, and one part of golden ochre. A vermilionette slightly toned down with yellow answers the same purpose.

Bronze Red.

—This is a red toned down with about a fourth part of black, a little bright yellow or orange being added.