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Mixed Colours
The following lists of mixed colours (miśravarna) are found in the Mānasollāsa and Silparatna.
Mānasollāsa list
(1) Cinnabar mixed with conchshell lime yields a red-lotus hue.
(5)
(2) Lac-dye mixed with conchshell lime yields the shade of the
rasa(?) (variant chora) plant. (3) Red ochre mixed with conchshell lime powder yields the
shade of smoke. (4) Orpiment mixed with conchshell lime yields the shade of the
chorāśva(?) plant. Lampblack mixed with conchshell lime also yields the shade
of smoke. (6) Indigo mixed with conchshell lime yields the pigeon gray. (7) Indigo mixed with orpiment yields green. (8) Lamblack mixed with red ochre yields dark brown shade. (9) Lampblack mixed with lac dye yields the shade of the patala
flower. (10) Lac-dye mixed with indigo yields the deep purple of the
Jambū fruit.
Silparatna list
(1) White mixed with red yields a fair-colour (gauracchavi). (2) White, lampblack and yellow mixed in equal proportion
yield a speckled shade (sāra). (3) White and lampblack mixed in equal proportion yield an
elephant grey.
(4) Red and yellow mixed in equal proportion yield the shade
of the bakula fruit or flame. (5) Red with yellow in proportion of 2 to 1 yields deep red (ati
raktaka) (6) Yellow mixed with white in proportion of 2 to 1 yields a tawny
colour (pingala). (7) The body colour is obtained by the following admixtures :
(i) Yellow mixed with lampblack in proportion of 2 to 1; (ii) Lampblack and yellow in equal proportion.
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