Mummy brown
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mummy-brown-186-11167280
title:
Mummy brown
text:
Mummy brown, also known as Egyptian brown or Caput Mortuum, was a rich brown bituminous pigment with good transparency, sitting between burnt umber and raw umber in tint. The pigment was made from the flesh of mummies mixed with white pitch and myrrh. Mummy brown was extremely popular from the mid-eighteenth to the nineteenth centuries. However, fresh supplies of mummies diminished, and artists were less satisfied with the pigment's permanency and finish. By 1915, demand had significantly declin
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Historical pigment made with mummified remains
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
date created:
2008-02-08T15:06:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T03:53:42Z
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