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

· 1928

The Composition of a Paint -- Pigments, Oil, Turpentine, Driers, Colours -- Practical Paint Mixing, Mechanical Paint Mixer -- Paint Strainer -- The Proportions of Materials for use on Pine and Soft Woods -- On Hard Woods generally -- On Iron -- On Stucco -- On Plaster, etc. Colours or Stainers -- The appearance in strong and subdued lights -- The Nomenclature of Colours -- Examples of variation in the names of Colours -- Efforts made to establish a Uniform Nomenclature -- The Economy of using Good Colours -- Hues, Shades and Tints.…

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