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[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
 
[[File:SC155045.jpg|right|250px|link=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/207552/kamakura-village-from-an-untitled-series-of-westernstyle-l?ctx=1be86594-d25a-458d-827f-8e5dc3048977&idx=0|Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai]]
  
<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]] + [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]'''</font>: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The most common combination found is indigo and orpiment. It appears that printers were able to create a wide range of greens with these two colorants. It also appears that printers also settled on indigo+orpiment as the go to green.
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<font size="3">'''[[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]] + [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]'''</font>: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The dominant formulation for green after the introduction of full-color printing after 1765 is a mixture of indigo and orpiment. By altering the proportions of each, a wide variation of greens could be obtained.  
 
 
  
 
'''For more information see:''' [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]], [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]
 
'''For more information see:''' [[:Category:Indigo: Ukiyo-e colorant|Indigo]], [[:Category:Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant|Orpiment]]

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Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai

Indigo + Orpiment: Green is achieved by mixing or overprinting a blue and a yellow colorant. The dominant formulation for green after the introduction of full-color printing after 1765 is a mixture of indigo and orpiment. By altering the proportions of each, a wide variation of greens could be obtained.

For more information see: Indigo, Orpiment

Examples of Indigo+Orpiment in Ukiyo-e Prints

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

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Beauties of the Yoshiwara by Suzuki Harunobu

Analysis

Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy (FORS) and X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) is used to identify indigo+orpiment.

List of Prints

List of prints where indigo was detected

Pages in category "Indigo/Orpiment: Ukiyo-e colorant"

The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.

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