Peacham, Henry: The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor. To which is added the gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c (London, 1661)

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Os thesiprisication os Colours.

peacocke colour , i. e.
changeable blew,or red
blew.
Patise, or a k'mde of
red or Arsenick co-
lour.
Plumbet colour, i. e.Iike
little Speks of gray-
clouds in a fair day.
Puke colour, i.e. between
russe t and black.
Furpurine, or Purple co-
lour; of which read
JVsattb. 27. 2. A colour
much used heretofore,
by the Tyrians; but now
it is not to be had.
Ried colour, or Di veri-
fied.
Scarlet, i. e. crimson, or
ssammel.
Shammy colour, a smoa-

kie , or rain colour,
which a kind of yel-
low j as you may see
upon whited walls or
in a Ghymny.
Stammel i. e, Scarlet, as
before.
Lyon Tawny.
Turkie colour , i. e.
Venice blew , or as
others will have ita
red.
Milke white.
Paper white.
Snow white.
Basiard yellow.
Bright yellow.
Dark yellow.
Of the Names of Co-
lours, read more in AuU
Gel. Nott, Attic.

Os the signisicathn os Colours,
Orenge tawny signifieth Integrity; Russet, Hopes
Tawny, Forsaken; Blew, Truth ; Yellow, Jealousie :
that is to say, pale Yellow, or Limmon colour; Per-
fe£t Yellow, Joy ; in War it betokeneth Honour or
height of Spirit; Green,Hope,or Good hope; Grass-
green,Rejoy ring, Youth,or youthfulnesse; Sea-green,
Unconstant; Violet, Religious; Blew, Faith, Con-
vey, or Truth in Affe&ion; Red, Justice,or Noble
and worthy Anger, Vertue, Defiance ; Inflamed co*
lour, inssamed Desire; Isabella, Beauty; Maidens-
blush, Envy; Flefh colour, Laseivious; Carnation,
Craft; Orenge tawny. Pride ; Popingjay, wanton-
Siesse ; Purple, Fortitude 5 Tunais or Tawny, Merit,
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