BUFF.--Two parts of white lead and one part of yellow ochre produces a good buff, or white lead may be tinted with French ochre alone. Other shades are obtained with mixtures of two parts of black, four of white, one of red, and one and one-eighth of yellow.
BUTTERCUP.--White lead tinted with lemon chrome gives a nice buttercup yellow.
CADMIUM ORANGE.--This is an artist’s colour of considerable value, but is, generally speaking, too expensive for house painters. It should not be mixed with chrome yellow or emerald green. It is made in three shades: pale, medium and deep, and it cannot be successfully imitated.
CANARY.--This is practically another name for straw tint, and it may be mixed in the same way. The proportions for an ordinary shade of canary are three parts of lemon chrome yellow to one part of white lead, but less yellow is often preferred. Another shade is obtained by mixing two parts of white, six of yellow and two of green. Some manufacturers make an extra light chrome yellow which they call by this name.
CHAMOIS.--A dull yellow made by mixing four parts of white, five of yellow ochre and one of green.
CHAMOLINE.--Mix together five parts of white lead, three parts of raw sienna and one part of lemon yellow.
CITRINE.--Although this is a tertiary colour, and theoretically can be made from green and orange, opinions as to the exact shade somewhat differs. It may be made by mixing four parts of medium chrome yellow and one part of raw umber; or five parts of lemon chrome yellow and two parts of raw umber.
CITRON.--To produce this colour use Venetian red as a base and add one part of Prussian blue, two of chrome yellow and two of white.
COLONIAL YELLOW.--Medium chrome yellow mixed with white lead and a little dark orange chrome yellow gives this tint.
CREAM.--A good shade is obtained by mixing eight parts of white lead, two parts of French yellow ochre and a touch of Venetian red. French ochre and lead alone are often employed. There are many other methods of obtaining this tint. _Note._--Light buff, medium buff, and dark buff may all be obtained in the same way by adding more or less of the French ochre or white.
DAFFODIL.--Lemon chrome mixed with a little Venetian red will give this colour.
