The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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The shadow will be burnt ,terra-verte'.  
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24.  
THE PROPORTIONS OF COLOURS.  
If one ounce of black mixed with one ounce of white gives a certain  
shade of darkness, what shade of darkness will be produced by 2  
ounces of black to 1 ounce of white?  
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25.  
Remix black, greenish yellow and at the end blue.  
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26.  
Verdigris with aloes, or gall or turmeric makes a fine green and so  
it does with saffron or burnt orpiment; but I doubt whether in a  
short time they will not turn black. Ultramarine blue and glass  
yellow mixed together make a beautiful green for fresco, that is  
wall-painting. Lac and verdigris make a good shadow for blue in oil  
painting.  
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