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COLOR MIXING
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makes a splendid grass green without any addition, but if it is not available, lighten up medium or dark chrome green with chrome yellow.

Green Slate. Tint white lead with a bright green toned down with ochre and lamp black.

Green Stone. Twelve parts white lead tinted with one part medium chrome green and one part of raw umber give this tint, or the tinting colors may be French ochre and emerald green with a little lamp black.

Gray Green. Use ultramarine blue, lemon chrome yellow, blue black and white lead.

Invisible Green. A dark green made by mixing nine parts of black and one of bright green.

Ivy Green. This is produced by a mixture of French ochre, lamp black and Prussian blue.

Leaf Bud. This color is suitable for inside work. It is made by mixing orange chrome yellow, light chrome green and white lead in equal proportions.

Light Green. Equal quantities of white and blue and rather more than twice the amount of green give a very good shade.

Light Olive Green. Mix three parts of middle chrome, two parts of black, and one part of burnt sienna and lighten up with white lead until the desired color is obtained.

Lime Green. This is sold ready for use, and is only suitable for distemper. It cannot be used with oil.

Manse Green. This is produced from a mixture of a bright green, medium chrome yellow and French ochre.

Marine Green. Mix one part of middle chrome green with four of black.

Medium. A green of this name may be purchased ready made. It is very similar to middle Brunswick green.

Mignonette. This is a dark green shade, obtained by mixing one part of chrome yellow and one of Prussian blue with three parts of chrome green and fifteen parts of black.

Muscovite. This is a dark sage-yellow greenish shade. It