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Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts cover

Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts

Chapter 19: Brown Tints
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The manual explains color as an effect of light and presents yellow, red and blue as primary pigments from which secondary and tertiary hues are produced. It provides practical mixing rules and proportions for obtaining tints, shades, warm and cool variations, and advises how to lighten, deepen or neutralize colors using white, black and complementary tones. The text distinguishes organic and inorganic pigments, discusses sources and the role of mordants, and offers selection guidance for applied trades. It notes color-blindness as an occupational consideration and highlights color harmony, recommending nature as a model for balanced combinations.

COLOR MIXTURES BY PARTS

Color Desired            Parts

Azure Blue—50 white; 1 ultramarine blue.

Brilliant—4 Indian red; 1 madder lake.

Blue-Gray—100 white; 3 Prussian blue; 1 black.

Bright Blue—20 zinc white; 1 cobalt blue.

Blue Grass—7 white; 2 Paris green; 1 Prussian blue.

Blue—12 borate of lime; 6 oxide of zinc; 10 litharge; 9 feldspar; 4 oxide of cobalt.

Blue Black—9 black; 4 Prussian blue.

Bronze Green, Light—3 raw turkey umber; 1 medium chrome yellow.

Bronze Green, Medium—5 medium chrome yellow; 3 burnt turkey umber; 1 black.

Bronze Green, Dark—20 black; 2 medium chrome yellow; 1 dark orange chrome.

Bottle Green—5 medium chrome green; 1 black.

Brown Stone—18 burnt umber; 2 dark golden ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Cherry Red—50 vermilion; 50 No. 40 carmine.

Coffee Brown—6 burnt turkey umber; 2 French ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

French Blue—5 cobalt blue; 2 zinc white.

Flesh Color—19 French ocher; 1 deep English vermilion.

Fern Green—5 lemon chrome yellow and 1 each of light chrome, green and black.

Foliage Green—3 medium chrome yellow; 1 brownish black.

Foliage Brown—50 Vandyke brown; 50 orange chrome yellow.

Green Blue—100 white; 5 lemon chrome yellow; 3 ultramarine blue.

Gold Russet—5 lemon chrome yellow; 1 light Venetian red.

Hazy Blue—60 white; 16 ultramarine blue; 1 burnt sienna.

Indian Brown—50 light Indian red; 50 French ocher; 50 black.

Mahogany—3 dark golden ocher; 1 dark Venetian red.

Maroon, Light—5 dark Venetian red; 1 black.

Maroon, Dark—9 dark Indian red; 1 black.

Mineral Blue—5 white; 4 cobalt blue; 2 red madder lake; 1 black.

Olive Green—7 light golden ocher; 1 black.

Orient Blue—25 white; 2 Prussian blue; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Ocherous Olive—9 French ocher; 1 raw umber.

Orange Brown—50 burnt sienna; 50 orange chrome yellow.

Oriental Red—2 light Indian red; 1 red lead.

Purple—8 crocus martis; 2 red hematite; 1 oxide of iron.

Purple—2 rose pink; 1 ultramarine blue.

Purple, Black—3 black; 2 rose pink.

Purple, Brown—5 dark Indian red; 1 each of ultramarine blue and black.

Roman ocher—23 parts French ocher; 1 each of burnt sienna and burnt umber.

Royal Blue, Dark—18 ultramarine blue; 2 Prussian blue; to lighten use white.

Royal Purple—2 ultramarine blue; 1 carmine or lake.

Russet—14 orange chrome yellow; 1 medium chrome green.

Royal Blue—34 white; 19 ultramarine blue; 2 Prussian blue; 1 rose madder or rose lake.

Seal Brown—10 burnt umber; 2 golden ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Snuff Brown—50 burnt umber; 50 light golden ocher.

Solid Blue—5 white; 1 ultramarine blue.

Sapphire Blue—2 zinc white; 1 chinese blue.

Terra Cotta—2 white; 1 burnt sienna; 2 French ocher; 1 Venetian red.

Tuscan Red—9 Indian red; 1 rose pink.

Turquoise Blue—20 white; 3 ultramarine blue; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Violet—3 ultramarine blue; 2 rose lake; 1 black.

Yellow—4½ parts tin ashes; 1 crude antimony; 1 litharge and 1 red ocher.

Yellow, Amber—10 medium chrome yellow; 7 burnt umber; 3 burnt sienna.

Yellow, Canary—5 white; 2 permanent yellow; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Yellow, Golden—10 lemon chrome yellow; 3 deep orange chrome; 5 white.

Yellow, Brownstone—3 white; 1 lemon chrome yellow; 1 permanent yellow.

TINT MIXTURES BY PARTS

Green Tints

Color Desired            Parts

Apple Green—50 white; 1 medium chrome green.

Citron Green—100 white; 3 medium chrome yellow; 1 black.

Emerald Green—10 white; 1 Paris (emerald) green.

Grass Green—10 oxide of chrome; 2 tin ashes; 5 whiting; 1 crocus martis; 1 bichromate potash.

Gray Green—5 white; 1 Verona green.

Marine Green—10 white; 1 ultramarine green.

Nile Green—50 white; 6 medium chrome green; 1 Prussian blue.

Olive Green—50 white; 2 medium chrome yellow; 3 raw umber; 1 black.

Olive Drab—50 white; 8 raw umber; 5 medium chrome green; 1 black.

Pea Green—50 white; 1 light chrome green.

Satin Green—3 white; 1 Milori green.

Sage Green—100 white; 3 medium chrome green; 1 raw umber.

Sea Green—50 white; 1 dark chrome green.

Stone Green—25 white; 2 dark chrome green; 3 raw umber.

Velvet Green—20 white; 7 medium chrome green.

Violet—3 ultramarine blue; 2 rose lake; 1 black; 2 burnt sienna.

Water Green—15 white; 10 French ocher; 1 dark chrome green.

Brown Tints

Chocolate—25 white; 3 burnt umber.

Cinnamon—10 white; 2 burnt sienna; 1 French ocher.

Cocoanut—50 white; 50 burnt umber.

Dark Drab—40 white; 1 burnt umber.

Dark Stone—20 white; 1 raw umber.

Fawn—50 white; 3 burnt umber; 2 French ocher.

Golden Brown—25 white; 4 French ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Hazelnut Brown—20 white; 5 burnt umber; 1 medium chrome yellow.

Mulberry—10 manganese; 2 cobalt blue; 2 saltpeter.

Purple-Brown—50 white; 6 Indian red; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 black.

Red-Brown—12 hematite ore; 3 manganese; 7 litharge; 2 yellow ocher.

Seal Brown—30 white; 5 burnt umber; 1 medium chrome yellow.

Snuff Brown—25 white; 1 burnt umber; 1 Oxford ocher.

Red Tints

Cardinal Red—50 white; 50 scarlet lake.

Carnation Red—15 white; 1 scarlet lake.

Claret—21 oxide of zinc; 4 crocus martis; 4 oxide of chrome; 3 red lead; 3 boracic acid.

Coral Pink—15 white; 2 bright vermilion; 1 deep orange chrome.

Deep Rose—10 white; 1 red lake.

Deep Purple—5 white; 1 ultramarine blue; 1 rose pink.

Deep Scarlet—15 bright vermilion; 2 red lake; 5 white.

Flesh Pink—100 white; 1 orange chrome yellow; 1 red lake.

Indian Pink—100 white; 1 light Indian red.

Lavender—50 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 red lake.

Light Pink—50 white; 1 bright vermillion.

Lilac—50 white; 1 rose pink.

Mauve—15 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 carmine lake.

Orange Pink—2 white; 1 dark orange chrome.

Purple—5 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 red madder lake.

Royal Pink—5 white; 1 carmine lake.

Royal Rose—20 white; 1 rose lake.

Red Brick—10 white; 3 light Venetian red; 1 yellow ocher.

Reddish Terra Cotta—2 white; 1 burnt sienna.

Salmon—50 white; 5 deep orange chrome.

Shell Pink—50 white; 2 bright vermilion; 1 orange chrome; 1 burnt sienna.

Violet—15 white; 4 ultramarine blue; 3 rose lake; 1 black.

Gray Tints

Ash Gray—30 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 burnt sienna.

Cold Gray—500 white; 6 black; 1 Antwerp blue.

Dove Color—12 manganese; 5 steel filings; 3 whiting; 1 oxide of cobalt.

Dove Gray—200 white; 5 ultramarine blue; 2 black.

French Gray—150 white; 2 black; 1 orange chrome yellow; 1 chrome red.

Lead Color—50 white; 1 black.

Lustrous Gray—10 white; 1 graphite (plumbago).

Olive Gray—200 white; 2 black; 1 medium chrome green.

Pure Gray—100 white; 1 black.

Pearl Gray—100 white; 1 ultramarine blue; 1 black.

Silver Gray—150 white; 2 black; 3 Oxford ocher.

Warm Gray—100 white; 3 black; 2 French ocher; 1 light Venetian red.