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

French Ochre.

—This colour, of course, is bought ready made, and it must be observed that, in addition to the fineness, the particular tone of this colour is very important, especially to grainers.

Golden Brown.

—Sixteen parts of white lead are mixed with one of burnt sienna and three parts of yellow ochre.

Indian Brown.

—Mix equal parts of Indian red, lamp black and yellow ochre.

Lava.

—An orange brown lava shade can be got by mixing fifteen parts of black, five parts of orange, four of yellow and a very little white.

Leather Brown.

—Four parts of yellow ochre, three parts of Venetian red, two parts of white lead, and one part of blue black give a rich leather brown. If a lighter tint is required less black should be used. Or the following recipe may be used: Mix white with three times the quantity of red and the same amount of yellow. Some painters use French ochre for a base and tint with burnt umber or Venetian red.