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Part 2

Bronze Green, Dark—20 black; 2 medium chrome yellow; 1 dark orange chrome.

Bottle Green—5 medium chrome green; 1 black.

Brown Stone—18 burnt umber; 2 dark golden ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Cherry Red—50 vermilion; 50 No. 40 carmine.

Coffee Brown—6 burnt turkey umber; 2 French ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

French Blue—5 cobalt blue; 2 zinc white.

Flesh Color—19 French ocher; 1 deep English vermilion.

Fern Green—5 lemon chrome yellow and 1 each of light chrome, green and black.

Foliage Green—3 medium chrome yellow; 1 brownish black.

Foliage Brown—50 Vandyke brown; 50 orange chrome yellow.

Green Blue—100 white; 5 lemon chrome yellow; 3 ultramarine blue.

Gold Russet—5 lemon chrome yellow; 1 light Venetian red.

Hazy Blue—60 white; 16 ultramarine blue; 1 burnt sienna.

Indian Brown—50 light Indian red; 50 French ocher; 50 black.

Mahogany—3 dark golden ocher; 1 dark Venetian red.

Maroon, Light—5 dark Venetian red; 1 black.

Maroon, Dark—9 dark Indian red; 1 black.

Mineral Blue—5 white; 4 cobalt blue; 2 red madder lake; 1 black.

Olive Green—7 light golden ocher; 1 black.

Orient Blue—25 white; 2 Prussian blue; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Ocherous Olive—9 French ocher; 1 raw umber.

Orange Brown—50 burnt sienna; 50 orange chrome yellow.

Oriental Red—2 light Indian red; 1 red lead.

Purple—8 crocus martis; 2 red hematite; 1 oxide of iron.

Purple—2 rose pink; 1 ultramarine blue.

Purple, Black—3 black; 2 rose pink.

Purple, Brown—5 dark Indian red; 1 each of ultramarine blue and black.

Roman ocher—23 parts French ocher; 1 each of burnt sienna and burnt umber.

Royal Blue, Dark—18 ultramarine blue; 2 Prussian blue; to lighten use white.

Royal Purple—2 ultramarine blue; 1 carmine or lake.

Russet—14 orange chrome yellow; 1 medium chrome green.

Royal Blue—34 white; 19 ultramarine blue; 2 Prussian blue; 1 rose madder or rose lake.

Seal Brown—10 burnt umber; 2 golden ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Snuff Brown—50 burnt umber; 50 light golden ocher.

Solid Blue—5 white; 1 ultramarine blue.

Sapphire Blue—2 zinc white; 1 chinese blue.

Terra Cotta—2 white; 1 burnt sienna; 2 French ocher; 1 Venetian red.

Tuscan Red—9 Indian red; 1 rose pink.

Turquoise Blue—20 white; 3 ultramarine blue; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Violet—3 ultramarine blue; 2 rose lake; 1 black.

Yellow—4½ parts tin ashes; 1 crude antimony; 1 litharge and 1 red ocher.

Yellow, Amber—10 medium chrome yellow; 7 burnt umber; 3 burnt sienna.

Yellow, Canary—5 white; 2 permanent yellow; 1 lemon chrome yellow.

Yellow, Golden—10 lemon chrome yellow; 3 deep orange chrome; 5 white.

Yellow, Brownstone—3 white; 1 lemon chrome yellow; 1 permanent yellow.

TINT MIXTURES BY PARTS

Green Tints

Color Desired Parts

Apple Green—50 white; 1 medium chrome green.

Citron Green—100 white; 3 medium chrome yellow; 1 black.

Emerald Green—10 white; 1 Paris (emerald) green.

Grass Green—10 oxide of chrome; 2 tin ashes; 5 whiting; 1 crocus martis; 1 bichromate potash.

Gray Green—5 white; 1 Verona green.

Marine Green—10 white; 1 ultramarine green.

Nile Green—50 white; 6 medium chrome green; 1 Prussian blue.

Olive Green—50 white; 2 medium chrome yellow; 3 raw umber; 1 black.

Olive Drab—50 white; 8 raw umber; 5 medium chrome green; 1 black.

Pea Green—50 white; 1 light chrome green.

Satin Green—3 white; 1 Milori green.

Sage Green—100 white; 3 medium chrome green; 1 raw umber.

Sea Green—50 white; 1 dark chrome green.

Stone Green—25 white; 2 dark chrome green; 3 raw umber.

Velvet Green—20 white; 7 medium chrome green.

Violet—3 ultramarine blue; 2 rose lake; 1 black; 2 burnt sienna.

Water Green—15 white; 10 French ocher; 1 dark chrome green.

Brown Tints

Chocolate—25 white; 3 burnt umber.

Cinnamon—10 white; 2 burnt sienna; 1 French ocher.

Cocoanut—50 white; 50 burnt umber.

Dark Drab—40 white; 1 burnt umber.

Dark Stone—20 white; 1 raw umber.

Fawn—50 white; 3 burnt umber; 2 French ocher.

Golden Brown—25 white; 4 French ocher; 1 burnt sienna.

Hazelnut Brown—20 white; 5 burnt umber; 1 medium chrome yellow.

Mulberry—10 manganese; 2 cobalt blue; 2 saltpeter.

Purple-Brown—50 white; 6 Indian red; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 black.

Red-Brown—12 hematite ore; 3 manganese; 7 litharge; 2 yellow ocher.

Seal Brown—30 white; 5 burnt umber; 1 medium chrome yellow.

Snuff Brown—25 white; 1 burnt umber; 1 Oxford ocher.

Red Tints

Cardinal Red—50 white; 50 scarlet lake.

Carnation Red—15 white; 1 scarlet lake.

Claret—21 oxide of zinc; 4 crocus martis; 4 oxide of chrome; 3 red lead; 3 boracic acid.

Coral Pink—15 white; 2 bright vermilion; 1 deep orange chrome.

Deep Rose—10 white; 1 red lake.

Deep Purple—5 white; 1 ultramarine blue; 1 rose pink.

Deep Scarlet—15 bright vermilion; 2 red lake; 5 white.

Flesh Pink—100 white; 1 orange chrome yellow; 1 red lake.

Indian Pink—100 white; 1 light Indian red.

Lavender—50 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 red lake.

Light Pink—50 white; 1 bright vermillion.

Lilac—50 white; 1 rose pink.

Mauve—15 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 carmine lake.

Orange Pink—2 white; 1 dark orange chrome.

Purple—5 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 red madder lake.

Royal Pink—5 white; 1 carmine lake.

Royal Rose—20 white; 1 rose lake.

Red Brick—10 white; 3 light Venetian red; 1 yellow ocher.

Reddish Terra Cotta—2 white; 1 burnt sienna.

Salmon—50 white; 5 deep orange chrome.

Shell Pink—50 white; 2 bright vermilion; 1 orange chrome; 1 burnt sienna.

Violet—15 white; 4 ultramarine blue; 3 rose lake; 1 black.

Gray Tints

Ash Gray—30 white; 2 ultramarine blue; 1 burnt sienna.

Cold Gray—500 white; 6 black; 1 Antwerp blue.

Dove Color—12 manganese; 5 steel filings; 3 whiting; 1 oxide of cobalt.

Dove Gray—200 white; 5 ultramarine blue; 2 black.

French Gray—150 white; 2 black; 1 orange chrome yellow; 1 chrome red.

Lead Color—50 white; 1 black.

Lustrous Gray—10 white; 1 graphite (plumbago).

Olive Gray—200 white; 2 black; 1 medium chrome green.

Pure Gray—100 white; 1 black.

Pearl Gray—100 white; 1 ultramarine blue; 1 black.

Silver Gray—150 white; 2 black; 3 Oxford ocher.

Warm Gray—100 white; 3 black; 2 French ocher; 1 light Venetian red.

COLOR MIXTURES

COLORS AS SEEN BY INDIVIDUALS

The same color scheme does not appeal to every one. Persons of refined temperament are best pleased with soft, delicate colors and shades.

People who are less refined admire deeper tones; yet want absolute harmony, while coarse individuals are satisfied with bright gaudy colors. Color is a sensation produced on the retina of the eye, by the

## action of one or more of the elements of light. Exact proportion by

parts are not given in the following in order to let you be the judge of the exact shade. Follow the simple rule of using a little more of the dark colors of each color combination if a deeper shade is wanted and vice versa for a lighter one.

You will note in the entire list of color mixtures different combinations to get practically the same color, scarcely no two persons view the same shade alike.

In listing different mixtures for the same color you have a better chance of using up some of the many colors that would otherwise accumulate, also giving you your choice of the color that is best adapted to your needs. More than 10,000 colors, hues and tints can be obtained from this Guide. Example or rule for obtaining special shades such as are not listed. Look through the list, carefully select the combination that comes nearest to your requirements. If the listed color is too light add more of the darker colors or if too dark add the lighter colors.

In mixing colors, always commence with the lighter and add the darker, otherwise you will mix a greater quantity than desired. In this list of color combinations the first named color always predominates; the others are named in the order of amount needed. Follow this rule unless otherwise instructed.

Color Desired Parts

Alderney Brown—Deep chrome yellow and white, darkened with black.

Amber—Equal parts burnt sienna and burnt umber; warm with orange and tone down with black and white.

Apricot—Warm medium yellow with venetian red or vermilion and deepen with crimson.

Ash Gray—White, tinged with black and softened with ocher.

Asiatic Bronze—Is raw umber lightened with yellow and white.

Autumn Green—Is two parts emerald green and one of yellow toned down with a little black.

Azure Blue—Like sky blue. No definite proportion. One part cobalt, prussian or ultra blue may be added to about forty zinc white.

Acacia—Black, indian red, and a tinge of prussian blue.

Acorn Brown—Same as chocolate, but lighten with white.

Alderney Brown—Black, orange chrome yellow, French ocher and white.

Amber Brown—Burnt sienna, orange chrome yellow, burnt umber, a touch of black, and white.

Ashes of roses—White with tints of black and purple.

Amaranth—Tuscan red and vermilion in about equal parts, and ultramarine blue.

Anemone—Vermilion, prussian blue, a little white and black.

Alabaster—White faintly tinged with medium chrome yellow.

Apricot—Medium chrome yellow, venetian red and carmine.

Armenian Red—Venetian red and French ocher.

Ash Gray—White, French ocher, orange chrome yellow and a touch of venetian red.

Asiatic Bronze—Raw umber, medium chrome yellow and white.

Autumn Leaf—White, French ocher, orange chrome yellow and a touch of venetian red.

Azure Blue—White and prussian blue.

Azure Gray—White, ultramarine blue tinted with black.

Bottle Green—Dark green and purple.

Bronze Green—Bronze blue and yellow.

Brown—Red and black.

Brown (red hue)—Red, blue and a small amount of black.

Brown (regular)—Medium yellow, red, blue, toned with black.

Buff—White, dark yellow and venetian red.

Buff—Medium yellow, white and a touch of red.

Buff—Orange and white.

Buff—Orange yellow and white. For deeper shades add brown of orange hue.

Begonia—Black, scarlet vermilion, a touch of prussian blue.

Bismark Brown—Burnt sienna, burnt umber, orange chrome yellow and white.

Bordeaux Blue—Black warmed with orange and toned down with prussian blue.

Black Slate—Tone black with Prussian blue and lighten with white.

Biscuit Color—Zinc white and a little Naples yellow.

Buff—Yellow and white, tinted with red.

Black—Yellow, red and blue.

Black Slate—Black, prussian blue and white.

Bordeaux Blue—Black, orange chrome yellow, prussian blue.

Bottle Green—Prussian blue, black and chrome yellow.

Brass—White, medium chrome yellow and French ocher.

Bronze-Red—Vermilion, orange chrome yellow, and black.

Brick Color—Yellow ocher and venetian red.

Bronze Green—Deep chrome green and black. Or medium chrome green, black and raw umber.

Bronze Yellow—Medium chrome yellow, raw umber and touch of white.

Brown—Venetian red, yellow ochre, deepen with black.

Browns—Use venetian red for base and add French ocher and black in various proportions for different shades of brown wanted.

Brown Drab—Same as above with a little white added.

Buttercup—White and lemon chrome yellow.

Cambridge Red—Vermilion and prussian blue.

Cafe au Lait (Coffee with Milk Color)—Burnt umber, white, French ocher and venetian red.

Carnation—English vermilion, madder lake (or carmine), and for lighter shades add zinc white.

Cerulean Blue—Zinc white and ultramarine blue. Cobalt blue is better but not so common.

Chamois—White, French ocher, and medium chrome yellow.

Chamoline—White raw sienna, and lemon chrome yellow.

Chartreuse—Venetian red, medium chrome yellow, French ocher and black.

Chocolate—Burnt umber and crimson vermilion (or madder lake). Or French ocher, black, and a little venetian red.

Chocolate—Brown, red and black.

Chocolate—Raw umber, red, black.

Claybank—French ocher, orange chrome yellow and white.

Clay Drab—White, medium chrome yellow, raw and burnt sienna.

Cinnamon—White, burnt sienna, French ocher and medium chrome yellow.

Cobalt Blue—When not obtainable as a color may be mixed ultramarine blue and zinc white.

Coral Pink—Vermilion, white and medium chrome yellow.

Colonial Yellow—White, medium chrome yellow, and a touch of orange chrome yellow.

Chestnut—Red, black and yellow.

Chestnut—Yellow, red, toned with black.

Claret—Madder lake, ultramarine blue, English vermilion and black.

Claret—Red and prussian blue.

Claret—Red, umber, black.

Copper—Red, yellow and black.

Copper—Red, yellow, black.

Cream—White and pale yellow.

Cobalt Green—Zinc yellow and ultramarine blue.

Cobalt Green—Cadmium yellow and cobalt blue.

Claret—Red, yellow, black.

Dark Green—Blue, lemon and black.

Drab—White, medium yellow and black.

Drab—White, yellow ocher, red, black.

Drab—White, yellow, red.

Drab—White and umber.

Dark Brown—Red, black and blue.

Deep Blue—Black and blue.

Deep Lilac—Ultramarine and carmine.

Dove—White, ultramarine blue, indian red and black.

Dove—White, vermilion, blue, yellow.

Dregs of Wine—Dark tuscan red, black, a touch of zinc white.

Electric Blue—Ultramarine blue, white and raw sienna.

Ecru—White, French ocher, burnt sienna and black. Properly this color is that of raw, unbleached flax.

Emerald—Pale chrome green, and a touch of prussian blue. Paris green is a true emerald green.

Egyptian Green—White, raw umber, lemon chrome yellow, and prussian blue.

Fawn—White, medium yellow, bright red, toned with black.

Fawn—White, medium chrome yellow, venetian red and burnt umber.

Flesh Color—White, medium chrome yellow, French ocher, and venetian red.

Flesh—White, yellow ocher, vermilion.

Flesh—White, lemon yellow, tone with lake red or other bright red.

Flesh—Straw and carmine.

French Gray—White, black, a touch of ultramarine blue, and madder lake.

French Gray—Purple, tinted with black.

French Red—Indian red, English vermilion, with a second impression of madder lake over the other two mixed.

Fawn—White, red, yellow.

Flesh—White, lake and lemon yellow.

Gazelle—French ocher, dark tuscan red, venetian red, black, and white.

Geranium—Vermilion, indian red, and black.

Gobelin Blue—Black, white, prussian blue, and medium chrome green.

Gold—White, medium chrome yellow, French ocher, a touch of English vermilion.

Golden Brown—French ocher, orange chrome yellow, black, and a touch of white.

Gray Green—White, ultramarine blue, lemon chrome yellow, and black.

Grass Green—Very light chrome green. It is improved by a second impression of emerald green.

Green Stone—White, medium chrome green, raw umber and French ocher.

Green Bronze—Chrome green, yellow and a touch of black.

Green (bright)—Lemon yellow and greenish blue.

Green (olive)—Medium yellow and purple.

Grass Green—Lemon yellow with chrome, Antwerp, milori or bronze blue.

Sea Green (neutral)—Prussian blue toned with light red.

Deep Green—Antwerp blue and emerald green.

Iris Leaf Green—Light chrome yellow and medium chrome green.

Grays—White and black in various proportions.

Gray Stone—White, black, prussian blue and venetian red.

Gray Drabs—White, black and a little burnt umber in various proportions, according to shade wanted.

Gray (cold)—White and a little black tinted with azure blue.

Gray (sky)—White, rose madder and cobalt or ultramarine blue.

Gray (warm)—White and a little black tinted with red of yellowish hue or orange.

Gray (neutral)—White and black. Black not to contain any blue.

Cool Gray—Antwerp blue toned with black.

Warm Gray—Burnt sienna toned with black.

Warm Gray Tints—White and black in various proportions warm with burnt sienna.

Gray (cool)—Antwerp blue toned with black.

Gray (warm)—Burnt sienna toned with black.

French Gray—White, prussian blue, lake.

Greens—Some very good greens are made from mixtures of yellows and Antwerp blue.

Green Tints—White, yellow and Antwerp blue.

Green (dark)—Lemon yellow, Antwerp blue, tone with black.

Gold—White, yellow and sienna.

Gold—Yellow ocher, white, tinted with red.

Green—Yellow and black.

Grass Green—Lemon yellow and bronze blue.

Hay Color—White, orange chrome yellow, light chrome green and indian red.

Heliotrope—Zinc white, venetian red and ultra blue.

Indian Pink—White and indian red.

Indian Brown—Indian red, black and French ocher.

Iron Gray—Black, white, and a touch of orange chrome.

Indigo—Antwerp blue toned with black.

Icy Green—French ocher, black and prussian blue.

Jasper—Black, white, medium chrome yellow and indian red.

Jonquil—White, medium chrome yellow and a touch of English vermilion.

Lavender—White, black, ultramarine blue and a touch of madder lake.

Lead Color—White, black and a touch of prussian blue.

Leather—French ocher, burnt umber. For marn tones add venetian red.

Lemon—Is afforded by lemon chrome yellow.

Leaf Buds—White, orange chrome yellow and light green.

Lilac—White and dark indian red.

London Smoke—Yellow ocher, ultramarine blue, black, white.

Lavender—White and purple.

Lavender—White, red and blue.

Limestone—White, yellow ocher, tinted with black and red.

Lemon—Lemon green, toned with white.

Lemon—Lemon yellow, white and a very small quantity of chrome green.

Lemon Tints—Add white to lemon.

Magenta—Lake and purple.

Maroon—Medium yellow and red darkened with black.

Mauve—Yellow ocher, venetian red, black and white.

Mastic—White, French ocher, venetian red, a touch of black.

Maroon—Carmine (or madder lake), black, and a little orange chrome yellow. Or tuscan red, orange chrome yellow and a touch of black.

Manila—White, medium chrome yellow and French ocher.

Marigold—Medium chrome yellow, white and orange yellow.

Mignonette—Medium chrome green, prussian blue, medium chrome yellow and black.

Moorish Red—Vermilion and madder lake.

Mouse Color—White, black and a touch of venetian red and burnt umber.

Moss Rose—Lemon chrome yellow, medium chrome green and white.

Mulberry—Black, vermilion and a touch of prussian blue.

Myrtle Green—Dark chrome green, ultramarine blue and white.

Nile Blue—White, prussian blue and a touch of medium chrome green.

Normandy Blue—Medium chrome green, ultramarine blue and a touch of white.

Nut Brown—Black, venetian red, medium chrome yellow and French ocher.

Neutral Tint—White, alizarin red and indigo toned with black.

Orange (neutral)—Cadmium yellow and venetian red.

Olive—Yellow and a small amount of black.

Olive—Yellow, white, blue and black.

Olive—Gray, yellow and blue.

Orange—Red and yellow.

Old Gold—White, medium chrome yellow, French ocher and a little burnt umber.

Olive Brown—Raw umber and lemon chrome yellow.

Olive—Lemon chrome yellow, prussian blue and black; about equal parts of the latter. Another olive, less bright, is made with French ocher, prussian blue and black.

Oak Color—White, French ocher and a little venetian red.

Orange—Is orange chrome yellow.

Orange Brown—Orange chrome yellow, raw sienna and a touch of burnt umber.

Oriental Green—Raw umber and lemon chrome yellow.

Opal Gray—White, burnt sienna and ultramarine blue.

Olive Green—Medium yellow and purple.

Pearl—White, ultramarine blue and black.

Pink—White and lake.

Purple—Blue and lake.

Peach Blossoms—White, pale indian red and a touch of madder lake.

Pearl—White, black and a touch of ultramarine and carmine.

Pea Green—White and medium chrome green.

Peacock Blue—Ultramarine blue, light chrome green and zinc white.

Peach—White, vermilion.

Pink—White, vermilion and lake.

Pink—White and carmine.

Purple (pure)—Mix together red with bluish cast and blue of reddish hue.

Purple (light)—Violet, red with a bluish cast and white.

Purple (deep)—Violet, red with a bluish cast, deepen with black.

Purple—Rose madder and ultramarine blue.

Purple—Rose madder and cobalt blue.

Purple—Lake red and ultramarine blue.

Persian Orange—Orange chrome yellow, French ocher, white.

Pink—Zinc white and either madder lake, carmine or crimson vermilion.

Pompeian Red—Vermilion, orange chrome yellow and black.

Pompeian Blue—White, ultramarine blue, vermilion and French ocher.

Plum Color—White, indian red and ultramarine blue.

Portland Stone—French ocher, raw umber and white.

Pistache (Pistachio)—Black, French ocher and medium chrome green.

Primrose—White and lemon or medium chrome yellow.

Purple-Brown—Dark indian red, ultramarine blue and a touch of black and white.

Pea Green—White and pale green.

Quaker Green—White, French ocher, black and burnt sienna.

Russet—Orange, lake and purple.

Roan—Black, venetian red, prussian blue and white.

Robin’s Egg Blue—White, ultra blue and pale chrome green.

Russet—White, orange chrome yellow and a touch of black.

Russian Gray—White, ultra blue, light indian red and black.

Rose Tint—White and madder.

Rose—White tinted with lake red.

Rose Tint—White and madder, tinted with lake.

Royal Purple—Carmine, cobalt blue and white.

Scarlet Lake—Crimson lake and pale vermilion.

Sepia (warm)—Sepia and browns of reddish hue.

Sepia—Burnt umber and lamp black.

Sienna (burnt)—Same as raw sienna but add more yellow and red.

Sienna (raw)—Medium yellow, white and a little red.

Scarlet—Vermilion, yellow and a touch of white.

Sandstone—White, yellow ochre, black, red.

Snuff—Yellow and Vandyke brown.

Sky Blue—White and milori blue.

Shell Pink—Chrome yellow and vermilion, tinted with burnt sienna.

Straw—White and chrome yellow.

Spruce—Yellow, vermilion, green and white.

Silver Gray—Indigo and lamp black.

Slate—White, raw umber, ultra blue and black.

Sea Foam—White, green and yellow.

Shrimp Pink—White, vermilion, black and burnt sienna.

Sage Green—White, medium chrome green and black.

Salmon—White, French ocher, burnt sienna and a touch of vermilion.

Sapphire Blue—Zinc white and ultramarine blue.

Sap Green—White, medium chrome yellow and black.

Sea Green—White, prussian blue and raw sienna.

Seal Brown—Burnt umber, French ocher and a touch of white.

Scarlet—Use pale English vermilion or scarlet vermilion.

Shrimp Pink—White, venetian red, burnt sienna and a touch of vermilion.

Sky Blue—White and prussian blue.

Sky Blue—White and ultramarine blue.

Salmon—Red, yellow and sienna.

Sienna—Medium yellow, red and white.

Slate—Ultramarine blue, black and white.

Snuff—White and umber.

Straw—White and yellow.

Slate—White, raw umber, ultramarine blue, black.

Spruce Yellow—French ocher, venetian red and white.

Snuff Color—French ocher, burnt umber and a touch of venetian red.

Straw Color—Medium chrome yellow, French ocher, a touch of venetian red and lighten with white.

Stone Color—White, French ocher and of medium chrome yellow and burnt umber.

Tan—White burnt sienna and a touch of black.

Tan—Yellow, burnt umber and burnt sienna.

Tally-Ho—White, French ocher, venetian red, and dark chrome green and touch of black.

Terra Cotta—French ocher, venetian red, and white, indian red is added for some shades. Still other shades are made with orange yellow, venetian red and a touch of burnt umber.

Turkey Red—Vermilion and black.

Turquoise—White, cobalt blue and green lake.

Turquoise Blue—Zinc white, cobalt blue and light chrome green.

Umber—White, yellow, red and black.

Velvet Green—Burnt sienna, green lake and white.

Vermilion—An orange red, to lighten add yellow, to deepen add burnt sienna.

Vienna Brown—Burnt umber, venetian red, French ocher, and a touch of white.

Violet—White, light indian red and a touch of dark indian red.

Violet—White, blue and red.

Violet—Crimson lake and Antwerp blue.

Violet—Red, blue, white.

Violet—Lake and ultramarine blue.

Violet Tint—Lake, ultramarine blue, white in various proportions.

Violet—Crimson lake and Antwerp blue in various proportions.

Willow Green—White, medium chrome yellow and a little raw umber and black.

Wine Color—English vermilion (or scarlet vermilion), madder lake (or carmine), ultramarine blue and black. Or tuscan red and a little black.

Water Green—White, raw sienna, dark chrome green.

Yellow Bronze—Lemon or medium chrome yellow, French ocher and a touch of burnt umber.

Yellow Drabs—Same as the preceding, in various proportions.

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