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The colors I use most, though, are probably the Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Prussian Blue and Gamboge Hue or any other warm yellow.
Palette Arrangements James Gurney 2008
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"A place where names are seldom named in blessing," he murmured as the coach turned into the Rue Gamboge.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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The boy nodded in the direction of the Rue Gamboge, where there were several taverns, ranging in respectability from those where a traveling lady might dine with her husband, to the dens near the river, which even an armed man might hesitate to enter alone.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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Left alone, I got up and went to the window, where I stood practicing deep-breathing exercises until the dark-blue carriage disappeared around the corner of the Rue Gamboge.
Dragonfly in Amber Gabaldon, Diana 1992
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Gamboge has been employed as a yellow lake, precipitated upon an aluminous base; but a better way of preparing it is to form a paste of the colour in water, and mix it with lemon yellow, with which pigment being diffused it goes readily into oil or varnish.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Gamboge is a bad article for candy, yellow, cheap, hurtful color.
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed C. A. Bogardus
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Gamboge fetches in the London market from £5 to £11 per cwt.
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They squandered lives and treasure on innumerable fruitless expeditions to Gamboge, Cochin China, Siam,
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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Gamboge is likewise soluble in caustic potash, forming a red liquid, from which it is thrown down by acids.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Gamboge is of a gum-resinous nature and clear yellow colour.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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