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achromatic colour range painting
Intense hues are termed chromatic colours. The achromatic range is made up of hues reduced in intensity by the addition of white, making the tints, or pastel colours, such as cream and pink; or of black, producing the shades, or earth colours, such as mustard and moss green; or of both white and black, creating the neutralized hues, or colour-tinged grays, such as oatmeal and charcoal.
Burmese writer who won a number of awards for his own works and translated into Burmese such Western classics as War and Peace and Gone with the Wind (b. May 23, 1929, Myaing, Burma [now Myanmar]--d. Feb. 18, 1998, Yangon [Rangoon], Myanmar).
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description Pleurothallis
The flowers are primarily in tints and shades of yellow combined with white, red, green, or brown. The widow orchid (P. macrophylla) is a dark, deep purple.
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comparison with Prussian blue Prussian blue
...blue. Prussian blue has a reddish tint and is used almost exclusively in paints, enamels, and lacquers; Chinese blue is very dark, with a greenish tint, and is favoured for use in printing inks; Milori blue has a reddish tint; toning blue is dull, with a strong red tone. All these pigments are chemically similar, differences in shade arising from variations in particle size and details of...
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comparison with Prussian blue Prussian blue
...called iron blues. The most common of these pigments are Prussian, Chinese, Milori, and toning blue. Prussian blue has a reddish tint and is used almost exclusively in paints, enamels, and lacquers; Chinese blue is very dark, with a greenish tint, and is favoured for use in printing inks; Milori blue has a reddish tint; toning blue is dull, with a strong red tone. All these pigments are...
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