red lead + copper green

Ingredients

red lead, copper green

Preparation Steps

Original Recipe Text

A specific combination of red lead and copper green used to create a unique greenish purple or violet tone. This specific mixture is identified as being exclusive to 'Painter D' within the manuscript RAS 239 (p. 212).

Evidence

"s/He has used the colour combination red lead + copper green to create purple (violet). Among these three-colour combinations, the combination of red lead + copper green has been used only by this painter, which has created a kind of greenish purple colour (Tab. 5-52)."

Remarks

This painter used a high variety of colors. For green, they typically used orpiment + indigo for foliage but used copper green for architectural components and clothing. The use of red lead and copper green together is a distinct calligraphic/artistic signature (p. 212).