Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

How to silver a mirror, brew ginger beer, kill moths, make fireworks, tan a hide, bronze iron, cure a ham and clean a straw hat: William B. Dick's numbered encyclopedia answered the questions a nineteenth-century household actually had.

Home › Liquid Colors › Prussian Blue (Dissolve pure Prussian blue)

Prussian Blue (Dissolve pure Prussian blue)

Dissolve pure Prussian blue in slightly diluted oxalic or muriatic (hydrochloric) acid; add water to bring the color to the desired shade, and filter. (See No. 2648.)

Read next

← Blue (Dissolve ounces sulphate)Pink (To a solution of chloride) →