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CYCLOPEDIA OF PAINTING
Paint. The colors used in painting upon china or earthenware are, for the most part, oxides of certain metals. A few colors, however, such as the deep transparent blues, and yellows from one source, are really, to a certain extent, stained glass, the glass having more or less completely dissolved the coloring matter. China or enamel colors then, from their containing, as an essential constituent, a glass or flux of vitrifiable composition, are called vitrifiable pigments.
The following list of colors in dry powder will serve all purposes:
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Black.
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Gray.
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Red.
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