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Another (White is prepared also)
White is prepared also with pure white oxide of lead, ground with a little essence, added to oil of pinks and mixed with gallipot varnish. The color may be mixed also with essence diluted with oil, and without varnish, which is reserved for the two last coatings. If for a lively sian blue or indigo, or with a little prepared black. white, the color is heightened with a little Pruscolor is heightened with a little Prus- The latter gives it a gray cast. But pure white lead, the price of which is much higher than ceruse, is reserved for valuable articles. In this