WWI BRITISH SERVICE BROWN COLOUR RECIPE

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BRITISH WW I SERVICE BROWN COLOUR

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Ground white lead – 38lbs
Stone ochre – 26lbs 8ozs
Burnt Turkey Umber – 9lbs 8ozs
Ground lamp black – 12ozs
Prussian blue – 12ozs

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Patent driers – 9lbs 8ozs (film-forming materials)
Raw linseed oil – 2 galls 1 quart (drying-agent)
Turpentine 3.5 – quarts, i.e., 7 pints (solvent)

Produces 1 CWT (50.8 kg) of paint.

β€” Handbook for Military Artificers, 1910 & 1915