ivory-blackn.
A fine soft black pigment, obtained by calcining ivory in a closed vessel; sometimes loosely applied to bone-black.
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blackOE
lamp-black1598
charcoal-black1622
ivory-black1634
blue-black1665
bone black1665
Indian ink1665
India ink1700
smoke-black1712
China-ink1782
Frankfort black1823
almond black1835
Spanish black1839
gas black1841
abaiser1849
peach black1852
vine-black1860
carbon black1872
drop-black1879
aspergillin1891
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 90 With Ivory black as Elephants tooth burned.
1732 Art of Drawing & Painting in Water-colours (ed. 2) 53 The proper Black for Water-Colours is what they call Ivory-black.
1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 21 He then dissolves the morphia in acetic acid and treats the solution with ivory-black, in order to withdraw all colour from it.
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