Category: Art
The Composition of a Paint -- Pigments, Oil, Turpentine, Driers, Colours -- Practical Paint Mixing, Mechanical Paint Mixer -- Paint Strainer -- The Proportions of Materials for use on Pine and Soft Woods -- On Hard Woods generally -- On Iron -- On Stucco -- On Plaster, etc.
The Composition of a Paint -- Pigments, Oil, Turpentine, Driers, Colours -- Practical Paint Mixing, Mechanical Paint Mixer -- Paint Strainer -- The Proportions of Materials for...
2. CHAPTER II.Colours or Stainers -- The appearance in strong and subdued lights -- The Nomenclature of Colours -- Examples of variation in the names of Colours -- Efforts made to establish a...
3. CHAPTER III.4. CHAPTER IV.5. CHAPTER V.6. CHAPTER VIII.7. CHAPTER IX.8. CHAPTER XI.9. CHAPTER XII.10. CHAPTER I.THE COMPOSITION OF A PAINT.--Clearly the first thing to be done before studying the subject of paint and colour mixing is to determine what a paint or what a colour is. Without...
11. CHAPTER II.COLOURS OR STAINERS.--We have thus far omitted to take into consideration the colours--or stainers, as most painters call them--that have to be used in the mixtures given in the...
12. CHAPTER III.It may be observed that in the colour mixtures which follow in no case has any white other than white lead and zinc white been used. In actual practice many manufacturers add ba...
13. CHAPTER IV.Although the dictionaries usually do not distinguish between the spelling of “grey” and “gray,” and although many decorators use the two words indiscriminately, there is a disti...
14. CHAPTER V.The reds vary from something just removed from brown up to the bright crimson and madders. A red that is too bright may be lowered by an admixture of blue and yellow. Exceedingl...
15. CHAPTER VI.But few general remarks are necessary concerning the mixture of blues. Indigo is used far less, of course, than Prussian blue, which is the most useful blue employed by the hous...
16. CHAPTER VII.A great variety of yellows may be obtained by using the different shades of yellow chrome, etc., on the market, adding a little red occasionally. It may be taken as a general ru...
17. CHAPTER VIII.There is, of course, an immense range of greens, and the list below includes only those which are more or less frequently called for. To obtain a green, one can mix with yellow...
18. CHAPTER IX.BISTRE.--This colour is principally used by artists. It must not be mixed with oil, and it is not always reliable for its permanency. It may be imitated by mixing together ten p...
19. CHAPTER X.A considerable difference of opinions exists among grainers as to the best method of obtaining their grounds, indeed the most experienced men are by no means agreed as to precis...
20. CHAPTER XI.Although to accurately test the quality of a colour requires somewhat elaborate experiments, both chemical and practical, yet there is no reason why the painter should not deter...
21. CHAPTER XII.The author trusts that he has made it clear to the reader that the subject of paint and colour mixing is far more comprehensive than might at first sight appear. Yet it is of su...