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Brown for Cotton
Catechu or
terra japonica gives cotton a brown color; blue vitriol turns it to the
bronze; green copperas darkens it, when applied as a mordant and the stuff
is boiled in the bath. Acetate of alumina as a mordant brightens it. The
French color Carmelite is given with catechu 1 pound: verdigris, 4 ounces;
and Sal ammoniac, 5 ounces |