Dayflower + Turmeric: Green is achieved by overprinting or mixing a blue and a yellow colorant. Dayflower printed over turmeric was typically used on early prints of two to three colors. Later, the dayflower+turmeric mixture was largely supplanted by indigo+orpiment which becomes the dominate formulation for green.
For more information see: Dayflower, Turmeric
Examples of Dayflower+Turmeric in Ukiyo-e Prints
Analysis
Excitation Emission Matrix (EEM) spectroscopy and fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) is used to identify dayflower+turmeric.
3D EEM plots for Yellow references
List of Prints
List of prints where indigo was detected
Pages in category "Dayflower/Turmeric: Ukiyo-e colorant"
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