CHAPTER I.

The Composition of a Paint—Pigments, Oil, Turpentine, Driers, Colours—Practical Paint Mixing, Mechanical Paint Mixer—Paint Strainer—The Proportions of Materials for use on Pine and Soft Woods—On Hard Woods generally—On Iron—On Stucco—On Plaster, etc.

CHAPTER II.

Colours or Stainers—The appearance in strong and subdued lights—The Nomenclature of Colours—Examples of variation in the names of Colours—Efforts made to establish a Uniform Nomenclature—The Economy of using Good Colours—Hues, Shades and Tints.

CHAPTER III.

Whites—Recipes for various mixtures of White Pigments—The Advantages and Disadvantages of White Lead, Zinc White, Lithopone, etc., etc.

CHAPTER IV.

Grays and Greys—General Remarks—How to Mix various Greys and Grays.

CHAPTER V.

Reds, Crimsons and Purples—General Remarks—How to Mix these Colours.

CHAPTER VI.

Blues—General Remarks—How to Mix Blue generally.

CHAPTER VII.

Yellows—General Remarks—How to Mix Yellows generally.

CHAPTER VIII.

Greens, how to Mix them—General Remarks—Suggestions for Experiments.

CHAPTER IX.

Browns, and how to Mix them—General Remarks on Browns.

CHAPTER X.

Graining Grounds and how to Mix them.

CHAPTER XI.

How to Test the Quality of Colours—The Characteristics of Good Colours—Greens, Venetian, Tuscan and Indian Reds—Red Lead—Chromes—Ochres—Blacks—Blues—Umbers and Siennas.

CHAPTER XII.

Recipes, Tables, Hints and Notes—List of Books useful to the Painter.