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Mummy brown- ground up mummies used as pigment
(en.wikipedia.org)
was a rich brown bituminous pigment with good transparency, sitting between burnt umber and raw umber in tint.
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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 declined
What the fuck. This is corpses, right?
