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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 29: MISCELLANEOUS
By John L. King
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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

In this list where green is mentioned, “Universal” regular green is referred to. The yellow to be used can be chrome yellow for a darker shade, or lemon yellow for a lighter shade, although lemon yellow is to be preferred.

GREENS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE

Color Desired Parts
Bronze green 2 bronze blue, 3 yellow.
Bright green 1 deep blue, 5 yellow.
Brilliant green 1 green, 4 yellow.
Blue green 2 blue, 4 green.
Dark green 2 blue, 1 yellow.
Dark green medium 1 blue, 1 yellow.
Emerald green 1 green, 3 white.
Green-black, dark 1 blue green, 3 black.
Green-black, light 5 blue green, 1 black.
Green tint 2 bright green, 30 white.
Grass green 1 bronze green, 1 bright green.
Japanese green 20 emerald green, 1 black.
Light green 1 green, 1 yellow.
Olive green 1 blue, 4 orange.
Olive green, light 4 yellow, 1 black.
Olive green, dark 4 yellow, 2 black.
Orange-green 1 deep blue, 60 yellow.
Sea green 1 blue, 3 green.
Sage green 4 green-black, 6 white.
Universal green 1 blue, 4 yellow.
Yellow-green 1 deep blue, 100 yellow.

GOOD GREENS

Some very fine greens can be made with lemon yellow and Antwerp blue in various proportions. Can be toned or deepened with black.

BROWNS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE

With the browns, lemon yellow is best. The red can be a color like brilliant scarlet, flag-red or scarlet lake.

Color Desired Parts
Brown-tint 1 red-brown, 40 white.
Brown-black 1 red, 1 black.
Bronze-brown 2 bronze-red, 1 bronze blue.
Chocolate brown 12 red, 2 deep blue.
Copper-brown 15 vermillion, 1 black.
Green-brown 2 red, 4 green.
Maroon-brown 15 red, 2 black.
Photo-brown 1 vermillion, 1 black.
Purple-brown 6 red, 1 deep blue.
Red-brown 12 red, 1 black.
Sepia-brown 20 orange, 1 black.
Snuff brown 8 vermillion, 1 deep blue.
Tan-brown 2 yellow, 1 purple.
Yellow-brown 4 yellow, 3 red-brown.
Yellow-brown tint 1 yellow-brown, 30 white.

GRAYS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE

Color Desired Parts
   
Blue-gray 2 regular gray, 1 blue.
Dark gray 12 white, 2 black.
Drab-gray 15 regular gray, 1 orange.
Green-gray 6 regular gray, 1 green.
Lead-gray 15 regular gray, 1 deep blue.
Light gray 20 white, 1 black.
Purple-gray 8 regular gray, 1 purple.
Pink gray 12 light gray, 1 red.
Regular gray 12 white, 1 black.
Red-gray, light 6 regular gray, 1 red.
Red-gray, dark 15 regular gray, 2 red.
Warm gray 10 regular gray, 1 vermillion.
Yellow-gray 8 regular gray, 1 yellow.

PURPLE BY TWO MIXTURES

Color Desired Parts
   
Bright violet 1 purple, 1 blue.
Light purple 1 purple, 1 white.
Regular purple 10 rose lake, 1 blue.
Scarlet purple 15 rose lake, 1 blue.
Typewriter purple 1 purple, 4 white.
Violet 4 rose lake, 1 ultramarine

MISCELLANEOUS

All colors in the left-hand column of the following are the base upon which to work. By adding white to them you form the colors given in middle column, but when black is substituted for white you obtain the colors given in the right-hand column. Example: Add white to “any lake red” for pink; add black to “any lake red” for maroon.

Base Result of Adding White Result of Adding Black
     
Any lake red Pink Maroon
Vermilion Yellowish Pink Russet
Scarlet Salmon Buff Brown
Orange red Yel. sal. buff Yellow-brown
Orange Salmon Terra Cotta
Yellow-orange Amber Yel. terra cotta
Orange yellow Cream Old Gold
Yellow Lemon or Sulphur Citrine
Yellow-green Straw Olive
Emerald green Pea green Sage
Bluish green Sea green Myrtle
Turquoise Pale turquoise Dull Indigo
Ultramarine Azure Blue Slate

MISCELLANEOUS

Color Desired Parts
   
Azure Blue 1 ultramarine, 40 white.
Antwerp Blue 4 emerald green, 8 ultramarine, 1 white.
Autumn Leaf 20 straw, 2 orange, 1 Venetian red.
Autumn Gray 20 emerald green, 10 yellow, 1 black.
Apple Green 4 orange, 9 chrome green, 1 white.
Ash Gray 2 burnt sienna, 3 ultramarine blue, 70 white.
Amber 4 burnt sienna, 4 burnt umber, 2 orange, tinged with black and white.
Apricot 30 chrome yellow, 2 vermilion, 1 crimson.
Alabastar 1 chrome yellow, 4 white.
Amaranth 4 Tuscan red, 4 vermillion, 1 ultramarine.
Anemone 6 English vermilion, 6 deep bronze blue, 2 black, 1 white.
Amaranth 3 English vermilion, 1 deep bronze blue.
Armenian Red 2 venetian red, 1 ocher.
Ash Gray 60 zinc white, 3 ultra blue, 2 burnt sienna.
Antique Bronze 3 black, 1 orange.
Apple Green 30 white, 1 chrome green.
Blue Grass 1 Prussian blue, 3 emerald green, 7 white.
Bordeaux Blue 3 orange, 1 black, 6 Prussian blue.
Begonia 5 English vermilion, 4 black, 4 Prussian blue.
Biscuit color 20 white, 1 Naples yellow.
Bismark Brown 20 burnt sienna, 20 umber, 2 orange, 1 white.
Blood Red English vermilion, tinged with blue and yellow.
Blue Green 3 chrome green, 1 prussian blue.
Blue Grass 1 prussian blue, 3 emerald green.
Bluish Gray 6 regular gray, 1 dark blue.
Purple-Brown 6 deep red, 1 purple.
Brown-Black 2 bluish red, 5 black.
Photo-Brown 4 bluish red, 1 brown-black.
Maroon-Brown 8 bluish red, 1 blue.
Bay 3 venetian red, 3 black, 1 orange.
Chocolate Brown 12 deep red, 2 deep blue tinted with black.
Milk Chocolate 12 deep red, 2 deep blue, 1 white tinted with black.
Chestnut Brown 3 Venetian red, 3 black, toned down with orange.
Maroon, deep 5 black, 3 red, 1 Prussian blue.
Cologne 2 parts of yellow chromate of lead, 1 of sulphate of lead, and 7 of Sulphate of lime or gypsum.
Citron 2 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue.
Crimson Red 30 bright red, 1 blue.
Campanula 3 blue, 1 red.
Citron 2 yellow, 1 red, 1 blue.
Garnet 3 red, 1 blue.
Greenish Gray 8 regular gray, 1 medium green.
Green Tint 1 light green, 15 white.
Nasturtium 3 red, 1 chrome yellow.
Olive 2 blue, 1 red, 1 yellow.
Purple tint 1 purple, 50 white.
Russet 2 red, 1 blue, 1 yellow.
Sulphur 30 yellow, 1 blue.
Sea Green 1 medium green, 3 white.
Saffron 3 chrome yellow, 1 red.
Sky Blue 99 white, 1 prussian blue.
Sky Blue 99 white, 1 ultramarine blue.
Turquoise 3 blue green, 1 white.
Violet-blue 10 violet, 1 blue.
Violet tint 1 violet, 30 white.