Difference between revisions of "Vergaut"
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| − | A [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=green | + | A [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=green%20pigments green pigment] prepared as a mixture of blue and yellow. Vergaut is most often described as a mixture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=indigo indigo] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=orpiment orpiment] that was used as an alternative to [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=verdigris verdigris] by medieval painters. Alternate combinations found in some texts include: orpiment with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ultramarine%20blue%2C%20natural ultramarine blue] (Cennino); orpiment with organic blue-most likely [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=woad woad] (Brown 2003, about use in Lindisfarne Gospels)), indigo with orpiment or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=yellow%20ocher yellow ocher] (Merrifield 1849) |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 06:35, 24 July 2013
Description
A green pigment prepared as a mixture of blue and yellow. Vergaut is most often described as a mixture of indigo and orpiment that was used as an alternative to verdigris by medieval painters. Alternate combinations found in some texts include: orpiment with ultramarine blue (Cennino); orpiment with organic blue-most likely woad (Brown 2003, about use in Lindisfarne Gospels)), indigo with orpiment or yellow ocher (Merrifield 1849)
Synonyms and Related Terms
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