MAPLE.--White lead tinted with a very little vermilion and about an equal quantity of lemon chrome. Some prefer yellow ochre only, others ochre and raw umber in the proportion of four ounces ochre and one ounce umber to thirty pounds of lead.
MEDIUM OAK.--Add French ochre to white lead in the proportions of about one hundred and twenty of lead to five of ochre. Add a little burnt umber.
LIGHT OAK AND BIRCH.--Eighty parts of white lead to one of yellow ochre produces a good ground, but sixty pounds of white lead, half a pound of French ochre, and one ounce of lemon chrome is sometimes preferred.
DARK OAK.--Sixty parts of white lead and one part of golden ochre may be used, or the following mixture if preferred. Six pounds of white lead, one pound of French ochre, two ounces medium Venetian red and two ounces of burnt umber.
SATINWOOD.--Mix six ounces of lemon chrome to fifteen pounds of pure white lead and add a little deep English vermilion.
POLLARD OAK.--Tint one hundred pounds of white lead with twenty-seven pounds of French ochre, four pounds of burnt umber, and three and three-quarter pounds medium Venetian red.
PITCH PINE.--Tint sixty pounds of white lead with half pound medium Venetian red, and quarter pound of French ochre.
ITALIAN WALNUT.--One pound of French ochre mixed with ten pounds of pure white lead and four ounces of burnt umber and four ounces medium Venetian red give this ground.
KNOTTED OAK.--Sixty pounds of white lead, nine pounds of French ochre, and three and half pounds burnt umber.
ROSEWOOD AND DARK MAHOGANY.--Four pounds of medium Venetian red, one pound of orange chrome yellow, and one pound of burnt umber, or a little less burnt umber may be used according to the strength.
MAHOGANY, DARK.--Four pounds of medium Venetian red, one pound of orange chrome yellow, and one pound of burnt umber, or a little less burnt umber may be used according to the strength.
MAHOGANY, LIGHT.--Mix six pounds of pure white lead with one pound medium Venetian red and five ounces of burnt umber.
AMERICAN WALNUT.--Thirty pounds pure white lead tinted with nine pounds of French ochre, four pounds burnt umber, and one pound medium Venetian red.
ANTIQUE OAK.--Thirty pounds pure white lead tinted with nine pounds of French ochre, four pounds burnt umber, and one pound medium Venetian red.