INGENUITY AND LUXURY 



used to produce rose and purples. Copper makes a 

 green, the various shades being produced by the addi- 

 tion of blue or yellow. Red is made from iron oxide, 

 brown from iron chromate, blue from cobalt, white 

 from tin, and yellow from antimony. Besides these 

 there are great numbers of fundamental-color combi- 

 nations used, so that the china-painter has almost as 

 wide a range in his choice of pigments as the artist 

 who works on canvas. 



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