The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California
Painting And Decorating
| NONFADING PIGMENTS | ||
| Venetian red Indian red Toluidine red Tuscan red Vandyke brown Chromium oxide green Raw sienna Yellow ochre Ultramarine blue | Vermilion Burnt umber Burnt sienna Raw umber Cobalt blue Lamp black Carbon black Ivory drop black Black oxide of iron | |
| FAIRLY PERMANENT | ||
| Chrome green, light Chrome green, medium Chrome green, dark Chrome yellow, orange | Chrome yellow, medium Chrome yellow, light Cadmium yellow | |
| FUGITIVE | ||
| Yellow lake Crimson lake Scarlet lake Madder lake Indian yellow Red lead | Purple carmine Violet carmine Carmine Purple madder Dutch pink | Rose madder Prussian blue Antwerp blue Chinese blue Indigo |
Color Transparency. When pigments are used in making stains (Chap- ter 7) they should be transparent to light, since stains are generally used where the grain of the wood is to show through the finish. In choosing pigments for use in stains, in accordance with the formulas given in Chapter 7, select them on the basis of their transparency. They are commonly classified as transparent and semitransparent as follows:
| TRANSPARENT | SEMI-TRANSPARENT | |
| All lake and aniline colors Prussian blue Cobalt blue Ultramarine blue | Raw sienna Burnt sienna Tuscan red | Raw umber Burnt umber Turkey red |
Color Mixing. As stated at the beginning of the chapter, the mixing of pigments is discussed so that a pigment of any desired hue can be produced for use in mixing paint of that hue, as explained in Chapters 5 and 6. The formulas developed in this section refer to pure pigments, consisting only of the dry pigment ground in linseed oil, and thus in paste form. (To avoid confusion, it is well to recall the definitions given in Chapter 1, where it was explained that a pigment is a material, white or colored, used to give body, covering power, and color to a paint. Paint, on the other hand, is a mixture of pigment, vehicle, thinner, and drier ready to apply.) Before proceeding to give the formulas for mixing pigments, certain general principles will be pointed out which must be observed to obtain the best results.
