Painting.
Materials for Colouring.
The materials required are as follows:—
Blue.
1. Blue (intense). German (or French) blue, in powder, at 6d. per ounce. It is at first rather troublesome to use, requiring to be mixed with plenty of gum-water, to prevent rubbing.
Smalt, 5s.; or French blue, 3s.[7] These are prepared as moist colours in covered pans.
The German blue, however, is the most economical, and very useful.
Red.
2. Red. What is called "Carmine" powder, at 1s. per oz., will be found very useful, but the genuine colour is much more expensive. Vermilion, ditto, 6d. per oz. Both of these are necessary.