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Book I Chapter 52 · I.52.20.8–I.52.20.9
Ancient Greek
p. 165020.8
Ἐρυθρὸν δὲ δὴ μέλανι λευκῷ τε κραθὲν ἁλουργόν, ὄρφνινον δέ, ὅταν τούτοις μεμιγμένοις καυθεῖσί τε μᾶλλον συγκραθῇ μέλαν. Πυρρὸν δὲ ξανθοῦ καὶ φαιοῦ κράσει γίγνεται, φαιὸν δὲ λευκοῦ τε καὶ μέλανος, τὸ δὲ ὠχρὸν λευκοῦ ξανθῷ μιγνυμένου.
20.9
Λαμπρῷ τε λευκὸν συνελθὸν καὶ ἐς μέλαν κατακορὲς ἐμπεσὸν κυανοῦν χρῶμα ἀποτελεῖται, κυανοῦ δὲ λευκῷ κεραννυμένου γλαυκόν, πυρροῦ δὲ μέλανι πράσινον. Τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα ἀπὸ τούτων σχεδὸν δῆλα, αἷς ἂν ἀφομοιούμενα μίξεσι διασῴζοι τὸν εἰκότα μῦθον.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 52
p. 165120.8 · Purple, dusky, flame red, gray, pale yellow
“Red blended with black and white becomes purple, and becomes dusky when more black is blended with these after they have been mixed and burned. Flame red arises from a blending of golden yellow and gray, gray from white and black, and pale yellow from white mixed with golden yellow.”2010
20.9 · Blue and green mixtures
“White combined with brightness and falling into deep black produces a dark blue color; dark blue blended with white produces pale blue, and flame red with black produces leek green. From these the others are fairly clear: one can infer the mixtures by which they would be reproduced while preserving the likely account.”2011
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