Merrifield, Mary Philadelphia: Practical Directions For Portrait Painting In Water-Colours (London, 1854)

COLOURS FOR PORTRAIT PAINTING.

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THE COLOUES FOE PAINTING FLESH AEE

Zinc White, called also Chinese White.
Indian Yellow.
Venetian, or Light Red.
Vermillion.

Pink Madder, or Rose Madder.

Indian Red.

Brown Madder.

Cobalt Blue.

Burnt Sienna.

Vandyke Brown.

THE COLOUES FOE DKAPEEIES AND BACKGROUNDS, BESIDE THOSE
ALREADY MENTIONED, ARE

Gamboge.
Yellow Ochre.
Sepia.
Lake.
Carmine.

French Ultramarine.

Smalt.

Indigo.

Prussian Blue.

CHINESE WHITE, OE ZINC WHITE,

Is prepared from the oxide of zinc. It has a good body,