In the oddly-specific titled 1904 book, 739 Paint Questions Answered, the publishers of The Painters Magazine offered the following recipe for mixing foolproof caucasian flesh, with only one small caveat:#15  Flesh color is usually made by mixing French ochre and English vermilion, but the principal requisites are that the painter has the necessary talent to…
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