Color mixing guide, compiled

About this eBook

Author

King, John L.

Title

Color mixing guide For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts

Original Publication

United States: Ogilvie Pub. Co.,1923.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Paint mixing

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69507

Release Date

December 9, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Color Mixing Guide FOR ARTISTS, PAINTERS, DECORATORS, PRINTING PRESSMEN, SHOW CARD WRITERS, SIGN PAINTERS, COLOR MIXERS GIVES COLOR MIXTURES BY PARTS
2. 2.WHAT IS COLOR?
3. 3.WARM AND COLD COLORS
4. 4.MEANING OF COLORS
5. 5.ART OF COLOR MIXING
6. 6.THE TWO EXTREMES OF WARM AND COLD
7. 7.COLOR BLINDNESS
8. 8.ALTERING COLOR
9. 9.PIGMENT
10. 10.NATURE’S COLOR CHART OF HARMONIOUS COMBINATIONS
11. 11.COLOR HARMONY
12. 12.MIXING TINTS
13. 13.TO MATCH SPECIAL COLORS
14. 14.ORIGIN AND DEFINITION OF COLORS. — COCHINEAL
15. 15.COMPLEMENTARY AND HARMONIOUS COLOR COMBINATIONS
16. 16.COLOR MIXTURES BY PARTS — TINT MIXTURES BY PARTS — Brown Tints — Red Tints — Gray Tints
17. 17.COLOR MIXTURES
18. 18.COLOR MIXTURES BY PARTS — GREENS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE — GOOD GREENS — BROWNS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE — GRAYS BY TWO-COLOR MIXTURE — PURPLE BY TWO MIXTURES — MISCELLANEOUS — MISCELLANEOUS
19. 19.HINTS FOR PAINTERS AND DECORATORS — COVERING CAPACITY OF VARNISH — NEW WORK — ADULTERATING COLORS — AGGREGATED FORM OF CHECKING — SEEDY, SPECKY, SANDY VARNISH — PAINT FOR STIPPLING — GOOD BRUSHES GET GOOD RESULTS — Quantity Needed. — EXAMPLE — TO REMOVE RUST STAINS FROM CONCRETE OR STUCCO — ALUMINUM PAINT MAKES RADIATORS LESS EFFICIENT — PAINT AND VARNISH REMOVER — HOW ENAMEL IS APPLIED TO METAL — TO RETARD THE DRYING OF PLASTER OF PARIS FOR FIVE HOURS — CEMENT PANEL PAINT FOR BLACKBOARDS — PAINTING STUCCO — A REMEDY FOR LOW CEILINGS — TO REMOVE PAINT FROM GLASS — CLEANING PAINTED WALLS — A GOOD WALLPAPER VARNISH — LUMINOUS PAINT FORMULA — FIREPROOF PAINT — TO COLOR CONCRETE — GREASE SPOTS ON WALL PAPER — FURNITURE POLISH — FURNITURE AND AUTOMOBILE POLISH — WHITE SPOTS ON A SHELLAC SURFACE — DUSTLESS CONCRETE FLOORS — OLD WIDE SOFT FLOORING MADE TO APPEAR AS HARDWOOD — AUTOMOBILE POLISH — LIME WHEN NOT IN USE IN WHITEWASH — TO FROST A PANE OF GLASS — YELLOW PIANO KEYS — PAINTING ON GLASS — REMOVE INK STAINS FROM WOOD — TO CLEAN SMOKED OR BLACKENED WALLS AND CEILINGS — COMMON WHITEWASH — WEATHERPROOF WHITEWASH — LINOLEUM CEMENT — WEIGHT OF PAINT
20. 20.HINTS FOR PRESSMEN — COVER WHITE — PROCESS COLOR PRINTING — GOLD SIZE FOR BRONZE POWDER — STREAKING AND SHADOWS — MOTTLING AND PICKING — WASH FOR DIRTY TYPE OR CUTS — GENERAL PURPOSE GLUE — PADDING GLUE (any color) FOR PRINTERS — MIXING GLASS — WHEN TO USE OPAQUE PROCESS INK — PROTECTIVE VARNISH FOR PRINTERS’ PLATES
21. 21.MISCELLANEOUS — BLACK AND WHITE AS COLORS — NEUTRAL HUES AND TINTS — VARNISH FOR THE BACK OF SILVERED MIRRORS — COLOR IN SOAP BUBBLES — INVISIBLE WRITING INK — INK FOR RUBBER STAMP PADS — FRESHEN RUBBER STAMP PADS — BLACK TRACING PAPER — COMMON BLACK WRITING INK — EVERLASTING BLACK WRITING INK — PAINTING WATER-COLORS ON PARCHMENT SHADES — TO COLOR FLOWERS — TO TURN A HYDRANGEA BLUE — DRAWING PAPER MADE TRANSPARENT — DRIER FOR PAINTS ON PARCHMENT LAMP SHADES — TO CLEAN SOILED PHOTOGRAPHS — TO OXIDIZE COPPER AND BRASS — GREASE AND PAINT REMOVER — TO REMOVE OIL STAINS FROM LEATHER — BLEACHING TALLOW — WHEN LEATHER BECOMES STICKY — COMMON BLUE WRITING INK — WATER PROOFING PAPER — TO MAKE ORNAMENTAL GRASSES GLISTEN — INDELIBLE MARKING INK — EYE STRAIN — MARBLIZING — FRENCH OCHRE
22. 22.HINTS FOR ARTISTS — MARBLIZING — DRAWINGS RESEMBLE PRINTING — SPATTER
23. 23.INDEX

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