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2. Primary color - Wikipedia

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   The first known use of red, yellow, and blue as "simple" or "primary" colors, by Chalcidius, ca. AD 300, was possibly based on the art of paint mixing. [38] Mixing pigments for the purpose of creating realistic paintings with diverse color gamuts is known to have been practiced at least since Ancient Greece (see history section). The identity ...

3. Primer (paint) - Wikipedia

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   Primer reduces the number of paint coats needed for good coverage and even color. A thin layer of paint may still be permeable to water. Water can permeate into the wood and cause warping, mildew, or dry rot. Primer improves the waterproofing of the finish. [4] Primers are not used as part of a wood stain treatment because they obscure the wood ...

4. Zinc chromate - Wikipedia

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   Since it is highly toxic, it also destroys organic growth on the surface. Zinc chromate is also used in spray paints, artists' paints, pigments in varnishes, and in making linoleum. [5] When used as a pigment, it is known as Zinc Yellow, [2] Buttercup Yellow or Yellow 36. [10] It is rarely used in art because the pigment degenerates into a ...

5. Color chart - Wikipedia

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   Typical tasks for such charts are checking the color reproduction of an imaging system, aiding in color management or visually determining the hue of color. Examples are the IT8 and ColorChecker charts. Color selection charts present a palette of available colors to aid the selection of spot colors, process colors, paints, pens, crayons, and so ...

6. Zinc white - Wikipedia

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   Zinc white has a cooler hue than lead white, which tends to have a yellowish cast. [1]: 172 Zinc white generally needs to be mixed with greater quantities of oil than lead white in order to create a spreadable oil paint, which reduces its hiding power; on their own, lead and zinc white refract light more or less equally.

7. List of colors (alphabetical) - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. For other color lists, see Lists of colors. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of colors" alphabetical ...