COLORS REQUIRED BY THE ZOOLOGICAL 

 OR BOTANICAL ARTIST. 





Notwithstanding so great a variety of colors exist in 

 Nature, especially in the animal and vegetable kingdoms, 

 and that an almost unlimited number of pigments are 

 manufactured for the use of artists, a comparatively very 

 small number is really required. The author has in his 

 collection considerably over three hundred water-colors, 

 each bearing a different name, representing the produc- 

 tions of the best makers (see page 16). Nearly three 

 hundred of them are put aside, however, since very care- 

 ful experiments have proved that they are superfluous. 

 His working palette, selected from the above number, is 

 limited to thirty-six colors, at least one half of which are 

 used for convenience rather than because they are neces- 

 sary. Following is the list, those most essential being 

 distinguished by an asterisk (*). 



Black. 

 *1. Lamp-Black . 



Browns. 

 *2. Bone-Brown, or Bistre. 

 *3. Boman Brown (Schoenfeld's). 

 *4. Baw Umber. 

 *5. Sepia. 



