Other Greens: Ukiyo-e colorant

From CAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Kamakura Village by Katsushika Hokusai

Other Greens: In addition to greens formulated by overprinting or mixing dayflower + turmeric and indigo + orpiment, other combinations have been found.

Other greens detected so far are:

  • Malachite is used in early hand-colored prints but disappears once color printing is introduced.
  • dayflower, flavonoid
  • dayflower, orpiment
  • indigo, flavonoid
  • indigo, turmeric
  • indigo, iron oxide yellow
  • orpiment, Prussian blue
  • indigo, orpiment, Prussian blue

Examples of Other greens in Ukiyo-e Prints

11.14364-pt3.png

11.14364 Pt3 FORS.png
11.14364 Pt3 EEM.png
Pt 3: Flavonoid, Indigo
Kitagawa Utamaro I, 11.14364

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Brass flakes
Torii Kiyomasu II, 58.343

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Brass flakes
Torii Kiyomasu II, 58.343

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Brass flakes
Torii Kiyomasu II, 58.343

Dyed indigo.jpg

Indigo FORS.JPG
Pt 4: Brass flakes
Torii Kiyomasu II, 58.343

List of Prints

Below is a list of prints where the various green mixtures were detected.

Pages in category "Other Greens: Ukiyo-e colorant"

The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total.

H