verdigris

Recipe Details

Ingredients

verdigris, white lead

Preparation Steps

To create a color lighter than saturated turquoise, take two parts verdigris and one part white lead. Grind them together, then add white lead little by little until it reaches the color of a sparrow's egg (white).

Original Recipe Text

To create a color lighter than saturated turquoise, take two parts verdigris and one part white lead. Grind them together, then add white lead little by little until it reaches the color of a sparrow's egg (white).

Remarks

This recipe explains how to achieve a lighter shade of verdigris by mixing it with white lead, adjusting the amount of white lead to reach a specific pale color.

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Material Type
pigment
Colorlighter than it
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