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Table 2 Materials related to restoration treatments identified in allegories by spectroscopies

From: Saturnino Herrán’s portable murals: symbolism, material agency and conservation

Color

FORS

Spectral features

XRF

Blue hue

Cobalt blue

550 nm, 650 nm

Co

Red hue

Fe

Yellow hue

Fe

Black hue

Fe

White hue

Titanium white

401 nm

zinc white

384 nm

Ti, Zn, Ca

Fine mortar

Gypsum

1943 nm, 1978 nm

Ca, S

Binder

Wax

1732 nm, 1764 nm,

2313 nm, 2350 nm

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