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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Verdigris : Green called Jangal is an acetate of copper prepared by treating copper pieces with vinegar. This colour is pleasing when it is fresh but it has few drawbacks. It has a tendency to blacken due to age and become acidic. Most of the MS. pages or paintings in which verdigris green is used become fragile and ultimately crumble at the portions where the colour is applied.
In addition to the important colours dealt with above, there are several lists of mixed colours published in several books. In fact in the Jain literature, we come across loose sheets, manuscript pages without the beginning or the end which render mixtures of colours and names, of ingradients etc. Which are yet to be studied in detail.
However, a few such examples are presented here. See p.77
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