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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
Ill
the
second,
and
dark
blue
or
dark
green
for
the
third.
No.
226.
Names
of
the
different
Colours
used
in
Painting,
Whites.
—
White
Lead^
Ceruse^
and
Flake.
—
The
more
common
sorts
are
called
white
lead
;
the
purer,
ce-
ruse
;
the
very
best,
flake-white.
The
white
colours
are
generally
used
in
house-painting.
Spanish
or
Bougival
White
is
generally
sold in
cakes
of
an
oblong
form.
It
is
much
better
for
house-
painting
than
any
whites
that
contain
a
mixture
of
chalky
substances,
and
it
is
not
unfrequently
used
instead
of
white
lead
for
priming,
being
far
cheaper,
though
much
less
durable.
Gypsum^
or
Plaster
of
Paris.
—
Wlien
employed
in
house-painting,
it
requires
to
be
mixed
with
a
great
quantity
of
water,
and
it
then
forms
a
very
valuable
article
for
white-washing
apartments,
and
for
paint-
ing
in
distemper.
White
of
Troyes,
or
White
Chalk.
—
It
is
generally
used
for
common
white-washing,
though
gypsum
is
much
preferable
for
this
purpose.
Blacks.
—
Ivory-Black
is
extremely
rich
and
intense
in
colour
;
but,
being
costly,
it
is
seldom
employed
in
common
work.
Lamp-Black
is
used
more
than
any
other
black
in
common
painting.
Charcoal-Black.—
"IhQ
woods
that
furnish
the
best
charcoal
for
painters
are
the
beech
and
vine
;
the
former
yielding
a
black
of
a
bluish
cast,
and
the
latter
one
of
a
grayish
cast.
"When
charcoal
ob-
tained
from
any
of
these
sources
is
employed
in