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  2. Saltillo tile - Wikipedia

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    Saltillo tiles vary in color and shape, but the majority of Traditional Saltillo tiles range in varying hues of reds, oranges, and yellows. [3] Manganese Saltillo tile has light and dark brown colors with some terracotta tones. Antique Saltillo [4] tile is a hand-textured finished with deep terracotta tones of color. With its textured surface ...

  3. Malibu tile - Wikipedia

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    Malibu tile is a type of ceramic tile that takes its inspiration from the tiles that were produced at Malibu Potteries in Malibu, California, during the latter half of the 1920s. These tiles reflect a style of design that is referred to as Hispano-Moresque or Arabesque exhibiting bright contrasting glaze colors often in geometric patterns that ...

  4. Oxblood - Wikipedia

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    Small 18th-century vase with sang de boeuf glaze. Oxblood or ox-blood is a dark shade of red.It resembles burgundy, but has less purple and more dark brown hues.The French term sang-de-bœuf, or sang de bœuf, with the same meaning (but also "ox blood") is used in various contexts in English, [3] but especially in pottery, where sang de boeuf glaze in the color is a classic ceramic glaze in ...

  5. Tessera - Wikipedia

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    These are the cheapest range of bought materials and can be glazed or unglazed. The glazed ceramic tiles have the color painted onto the top of the clay and then fired to a high temperature in a kiln. The unglazed or body glazed version has the color mixed into the wet clay so the color runs through them. They vary in size. [2]

  6. Checker shadow illusion - Wikipedia

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    An illusion closely related to the checker shadow illusion, which also relies on using implied visual shadows to seemingly darken a brighter region to the same color as a well-lit dark region, involves two squares placed at an angle, with the darker square being lit and the lighter square at an angle which receives poor light. [2]

  7. Quarry tile - Wikipedia

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    Traditional quarry tiles were unglazed and either red, grey, or black/very dark blue; however, modern "decorator" tiles come in a variety of tints and finishes. Industrial quarry tile is available with abrasive frit embedded in the surface to provide a non-slip finish in wet areas such as commercial kitchens and laboratories.

  8. Conservation and restoration of ceramic objects - Wikipedia

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    Generally, epoxy is very hard, but unlike shellac it is not brittle. The color of epoxy resin can range from yellow/green to a dark yellow/brown. Yellowing of the resin is an indication of aging. Warm to hot water or acetone are known to be the solvents of this adhesive. [6]: p.31 [dubious – discuss]

  9. Fireclay Tile - Wikipedia

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    With more than 150 tile designs patterns to choose from, [23] dramatic old-world tiles are typically distinguished by three motifs: warm, cool, and neutral. If the pre-set color themes are not to taste, clients can use the “Color-It!” custom blend design tool on the website to choose exactly the colors and patterns desired for cuerda seca ...