Paint & Colour Mixing

About this eBook

Author

Jennings, Arthur Seymour, 1860-1928

Title

Paint & Colour Mixing A practical handbook for painters, decorators and all who have to mix colours, containing 72 samples of paint of various colours, including the principal graining grounds

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé 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. 56738

Release Date

March 14, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PAINT & COLOUR MIXING
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — The Composition of a Paint. — Paint Mixing. — The Proportions of Materials. — Priming for Iron. — Painting on Stucco. — Priming for Deal or Pine (inside). — Second Coat (inside). — Second Coat (outside). — Egg Shell Gloss.
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — Colours or Stainers. — The Nomenclature of Colours. — The Economy of Using Good Colours. — Hue, Tint and Shade.
6. 6.CHAPTER III. Whites. — Commercial White. — Permanent White. — Various Whites Compared.
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. Grays and Greys. — Argent. — Ash Gray. — Black Slate. — Dark Gray. — Dark Lead. — Dark Slate. — Deep Lead. — French Gray. — Granite. — Graystone. — Gray Drab. — Green Slate. — Iron Gray. — Jasper. — Lead. — Light Grey. — Mastic. — Moss Gray. — Mouse Colour. — Neutral Tint. — Olive Gray. — Opal Gray. — Payne’s Gray. — Pearl. — Pearl Gray. — Quaker Drab. — Rustic Drab. — Silver Gray. — Slate. — Smoke Gray. — Steel Gray. — Stone Gray. — Verdant Grey. — Warm Gray.
8. 8.CHAPTER V. Reds. — Acacia. — Amaranthine. — Anemone. — Apricot. — Armenian Red. — Aurore. — Bay. — Begonia. — Black Maroon. — Blood Red. — Bordeaux Red. — Brick. — Bright Scarlet. — Bronze Red. — Cambridge Red. — Carmine. — Carmoisin. — Carminette. — Carnation Red. — Cherry Red. — Claret. — Coral Pink. — Dregs of Wine. — Egyptian. — Firefly. — Flesh Colour. — French Red. — Gazelle. — Geranium. — Indian Pink. — Indian Red. — Light Pink. — Light Salmon. — Lilac. — Madder Lake. — Magenta. — Maroon. — Mexican Red. — Mikado. — Moorish Red. — Mulberry. — Old Rose. — Opaque Pink. — Opera Pink. — Oriental Red. — Orange Scarlet. — Orange Vermilion. — Peach Bloom. — Pink. — Plum. — Pompeian Red. — Poppy. — Purple. — Red Ochre. — Red Terra-Cotta. — Regal Purple. — Roan. — Rose. — Rose Carnation. — Rose Wood. — Royal Pink. — Royal Purple. — Salmon. — Scarlet Lake. — Scarlet Red. — Shell Pink. — Shrimp Pink. — Scarlet Madder Lake. — Signal Red. — Terra-Cotta. — Turkish Crescent Red. — Tuscan Red. — Venetian Pink. — Venetian Red. — Vermilion. — Wine Colour.
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. Blues. — Antwerp Blue. — Azure Blue. — Berlin Blue. — Blue Grass Tint. — Bremen Blue. — Bronze Blue. — Brunswick Blue. — Coeruleum. — Celestial Blue. — Chinese Blue. — Cobalt. — Dark Blue. — Fog Blue. — French Blue. — Gobelin Blue. — Granite (Blue.) — Heliotrope. — Implement Blue. — Indigo. — Lavender. — Light Blue. — Lime Blue. — Marine Blue. — Mascot. — Mauve. — Methyl Blue. — Mountain Blue. — Navy Blue. — Neutral Blue. — Nile Blue. — Normandy Blue. — Oriental Blue. — Peacock Blue. — Perfect Blue. — Pompeian Blue. — Porcelain Blue. — Prussian Blue. — Quaker Blue. — Robin’s Egg Blue. — Royal Blue. — Sapphire Blue. — Sea Blue. — Sky Blue. — Steel Blue. — Stone Blue. — Transparent Violet. — Turquoise Blue. — Ultramarine (Artificial).
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. Yellows. — Alabaster. — Amber. — Antique Bronze. — Asiatic Bronze. — Brass Yellow. — Bronze. — Bronze Yellow. — Buff. — Buttercup. — Cadmium Orange. — Canary. — Chamois. — Chamoline. — Citrine. — Citron. — Colonial Yellow. — Cream. — Daffodil. — Deep Cream. — Ecru. — Gamboge. — Gold. — Hay Colour. — Ivory. — Jonquil Yellow. — Leghorn. — Lemon. — Light Buff. — Light Deck. — Light Stone. — Lemon Yellow. — Maize. — Mander’s Yellow. — Manilla. — Marigold. — Melon. — Mushroom. — Middle Stone. — Naples Yellow. — Naples Yellow. — Ochre Yellow. — Old Gold. — Olive Yellow. — Orange. — Persian Orange. — Pompeian Yellow. — Portland Stone. — Primrose Yellow. — Primrose. — Spruce Yellow. — Stone. — Straw Colour. — Straw. — Yellow Lake. — Yellow Ochre. — Zinc Yellow.
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. Greens. — Aloes. — Apple Green. — Autumn Green. — Blue Green. — Bottle Green. — Bronze Green. — Brunswick Green. — Chartreuse. — Chrome Green. — Eau de Nil. — Egyptian Green. — Elephant Green. — Emerald Green. — Foliage Green. — French Green. — Gage Green. — Genuine Green. — Grass Green. — Green Slate. — Green Stone. — Grey Green. — Invisible Green. — Ivy Green. — Leaf Bud. — Light Green. — Lime Green. — Manse Green. — Marine Green. — Medium. — Mignonette. — Moscovite. — Moss Green. — Moss Rose. — Mountain Green. — Myrtle. — Night Green. — Nile Green. — Olive. — Oriental Green. — Pale Royal Green. — Peacock Green. — Pea Green. — Persian Green. — Pistache. — Prussian Green. — Quaker Green. — Reed Green. — Sage Green. — Sap Green. — Sea Foam. — Sea Green. — Seered Green. — Starling’s Egg Green. — Tea Green. — Velvet Green. — Venetian Green. — Water Green. — Willow Green.
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. Browns, and How to Mix them. — Acorn Brown. — Alderney. — Arabian Brown. — Argus Brown. — Auburn Tan. — Autumn Leaf. — Bismark. — Bismark Brown. — Bistre. — Bronze Brown. — Brown. — Burnt Rose. — Burnt Sienna. — Burnt Umber. — Cafe au Lait. — Cappagh Brown. — Chesnut. — Chocolate. — Cinnamon. — Clay Drab. — Cocoanut Brown. — Coffee. — Copper. — Cork Colour. — Dark Drab. — Dark Lava. — Dark Oak. — Doe Colour. — Dove Colour. — Drab. — Fawn. — Foliage Brown. — French Ochre. — Golden Brown. — Indian Brown. — Lava. — Leather Brown. — Light Lava. — Lime Chocolate. — Light Oak. — Lizard Bronze. — Madder Green. — Mahogany. — Mast-coloured Paint. — Nut Brown. — Old Wood. — Olive Brown — Orange Brown. — Pomegranate. — Purple Brown. — Raw Sienna. — Raw Umber. — Russet Brown. — Russet. — Sandstone. — Seal Brown. — Sepia. — Sienna Brown. — Snuff Brown. — Tan. — Thrush Brown. — Turkey Umber. — Vandyke Brown. — Vienna Smoke. — Wallflower Brown.
13. 13.CHAPTER X. Ground Colours for Graining. — Maple. — Medium Oak. — Light Oak and Birch. — Dark Oak. — Satinwood. — Pollard Oak. — Pitch Pine. — Italian Walnut. — Knotted Oak. — Rosewood and Dark Mahogany. — Mahogany, Dark. — Mahogany, Light. — American Walnut. — Antique Oak. — Oak, Antique. — Ash. — Birch. — Graining Colours. — Light Oak. — Ash. — Chesnut. — Bird’s Eye Maple. — Pollard Oak. — Cherry. — American Walnut. — Mahogany. — Rosewood.
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. How to Test the Quality of Colours — Purity of the Material. — Purity of Tone. — Fineness of Grinding. — Spreading Capacity or Covering Power. — Body. — Tinting or Staining Strength. — The Permanence of Colours. — Greens. — Chrome Green. — Bronze Green. — Emerald Green. — Venetian, Indian and Tuscan Reds, etc. — Tuscan Red — Vermilion and Vermilionettes. — Red Lead. — Indian Red. — Chromes. — Ochres. — Blacks. — Blues. — Ultramarine. — Umbers and Siennas. — NOTES. — A Good Size for Plastered Walls. — Walnut Stain. — Light Oak Stain. — Window Glass. — Rules as to Fractional Parts of an Inch. — All Other Kinds of Window Glass. — Specific Gravity.
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. Recipes, Tables, Hints and Notes — To Test the Purity of Turpentine. — Linseed Oil. — PIGMENTS. Some Useful Tables. — BRUSHES. — The Care of Brushes. — Some Useful Recipes. — A Recipe for Terebine. — SPECIAL PAINTS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES. — FLOOR PAINTS. — DIPPING PAINTS. — PAINT FOR IRON. — PUTTY RECIPES. — SOME USEFUL HINTS ON PAINTS AND PAINTING. — The Harmony of Colour. — Harmony of Two Colour Combinations. — LIST OF USEFUL BOOKS.
16. 16.INDEX.
17. 17.ADVERTISEMENTS.
18. 18.Transcriber’s Notes

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