Pearl color

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Description

A greenish white paint pigment prepared from lead white mixed with small amounts of Prussian blue and spruce yellow (Bucher 1996). Pearl color was used in the 18th and 19th centuries for architectural paints.

Resources and Citations

  • W. Bucher, Dictionary of Building Preservation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.