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COLOURS.
colour art. It is clear in its pale tints, and deep and
warm in shadows. With Indigo it gives very clear, sober,
neutral greens, for middle distance. Permanent.
Sepia.—Unless artificially warmed by mixing other
colours with it, this pigment is of a pale brown tint.
Its light washes are extremely clear, but its colouring
property is so very strong, that, unless used with caution,
it is apt to engender heaviness in the shadows. It is
perhaps the best washing pigment we have. With Gam-
boge it affords, for landscape, a range of fine neutral
greens, which are permanent. Indigo and Sepia give
very cool dark greens, and with Prussian or Antwerp
Blue, low olive greens.
There are also two other descriptions of Sepia; one
called Warm Sepia, the other Roman Sepia. They are
tints compounded by the admixture of a red and of a
yellow with the natural Sepia; the latter, however, is the
only kind required by the landscape painter.
Cologne Earth.—A cool brown, useful for the shadows
of buildings: does not wash so well as Sepia, and is pre-
ferred for some purposes on that account. Permanent.
Bistre.—A fine brown colour that washes well, and has
a clearness about it suited to shadows in architectural
subjects. Permanent.
Burnt Umber.—A quiet brown colour, affording clear
and warm shadows. It is apt to look rather turbid if
used in great depth, but it washes and works beautifully,
and in buildings is invaluable.
Raw Umber.—A quiet yellowish brown, not perfectly
transparent.
COLOURS.
colour art. It is clear in its pale tints, and deep and
warm in shadows. With Indigo it gives very clear, sober,
neutral greens, for middle distance. Permanent.
Sepia.—Unless artificially warmed by mixing other
colours with it, this pigment is of a pale brown tint.
Its light washes are extremely clear, but its colouring
property is so very strong, that, unless used with caution,
it is apt to engender heaviness in the shadows. It is
perhaps the best washing pigment we have. With Gam-
boge it affords, for landscape, a range of fine neutral
greens, which are permanent. Indigo and Sepia give
very cool dark greens, and with Prussian or Antwerp
Blue, low olive greens.
There are also two other descriptions of Sepia; one
called Warm Sepia, the other Roman Sepia. They are
tints compounded by the admixture of a red and of a
yellow with the natural Sepia; the latter, however, is the
only kind required by the landscape painter.
Cologne Earth.—A cool brown, useful for the shadows
of buildings: does not wash so well as Sepia, and is pre-
ferred for some purposes on that account. Permanent.
Bistre.—A fine brown colour that washes well, and has
a clearness about it suited to shadows in architectural
subjects. Permanent.
Burnt Umber.—A quiet brown colour, affording clear
and warm shadows. It is apt to look rather turbid if
used in great depth, but it washes and works beautifully,
and in buildings is invaluable.
Raw Umber.—A quiet yellowish brown, not perfectly
transparent.