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EARTH COLORS [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
DEF

Paint pigments made by refining naturally colored clays, rocks, and earths; ...

OBS

... also, the pure iron-oxyde reds ... which, although artificial counterparts, are still classified with the native red earths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
OBS

Nombreuses nuances [origine] naturelle; argiles contenant plus ou moins d'oxyde de fer (...) les plus anciens pigments, fixes, très solides, siccatifs, colorants, moyennement couvrants; la calcination donne des couleurs plus chaudes, plus foncées, plus colorantes et plus opaques.

Spanish

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