Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

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Olive or Bottle Green

Dye a good shade of Prussian blue (see No. 131); then mordant 10 minutes in red liquor (see No. 100) at 5° Baumé; wring out and wash in hot water; then work half an hour in a solution. Different shades may be obtained decoction of 3 pounds fustic and 1 pound by using more or less of these stuffs, without varying the mode of working.

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