The Dyer's Guide / Being a compendium of the art of dyeing linen, cotton, silk, wool, muslin, dresses, furniture, &c. &c.; with the method of scouring wool, bleaching cotton, &c., and directions for ungumming silk, and for whitening and sulphuring silk and wool; and also an introductory epitome of the leading facts in chemistry, as connected with the art of dyeing

by Thomas Packer

COMPOUND COLOURS.

Green is made with Blue and Yellow.

Orange with Red and Yellow.

Purple	⎫
Violet	⎬	with Blue and Red.
Lilac	⎭

Greys with Black, Blue, and Red.

	⎧	Blue, Yellow, and Black;
Olives with	⎨	or
	⎩	Blue, Yellow, and Red;

[1] Black according to the theory of Newton, denotes the absence, and White the presence of all colours.

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THE
DYER'S GUIDE;

BEING A
COMPENDIUM OF THE ART OF DYEING
LINEN, COTTON, SILK, WOOL, MUSLIN, DRESSES, FURNITURE, &c. &c.