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Ultramarine and Flake White
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In a book I have by R O Dunlop, RA (Teach Yourself Books, around 1970) the claim is made that you should not mix Ultramarine with Flake White. I took that on trust for years, but - when Ultramarine was introduced, and then synthesized in the 19th century, Flake White was all that was on offer. Quite possibly, Ultramarine was glazed over a base of Flake White rather than actually mixed with it: but does anybody out there actually KNOW? <div>If so, pray reply - there must be some literature on this, somewhere.... I haven't managed to find it as yet. </div><div>
</div><div>I do mix Ultramarine with Flake White - has the pigment changed, in either case, over the years? What was the problem?</div><div>
</div><div>Yours, Worried, Isle of Wight.</div>