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Table 4 Munsell colour notations for the black earths used in different painting techniques.

From: Black earths from Veneto and Piedmont (Northern Italy): origin, composition and potential use in different painting techniques

Pigment	Painting techniques
Pigment	*A fresco*		Lime		Egg tempera		Oil tempera		Glue tempera		Caseinate
Bol1d	5YR 4/4	10R 5/4	5YR 5/6	5YR 6/4	10R 8/2	10R 3/4	5R 2/6	10R 5/4	5YR 4/4	10YR 5/4	5YR 5/6	5YR 6/4
TR-D	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	N2	N3	N2	N3	N4	N4	YR 2/2	5Y 3/2
TN-K	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	5YR 2/1	N2	N3	N2	N3	N2	N3	5Y 3/2	5Y 3/2
TO-K	5Y 3/2	10YR 4/2	5YR 3/4	5YR 3/4	10YR 4/2	10YR 5/4	5Y 2/1	5YR 4/1	10YR 4/2	10YR 4/2	5YR 3/4	5YR 4/4
TN-VF	5YR 5/6	10YR 5/4	5YR 5/2	10R 7/4	10YR 4/2	10YR 5/4	5Y 2/1	5Y 4/1	5YR 5/2	5YR 5/2	5YR 5/2	10R 6/2
Boca 2	5Y 2/1	5G 2/1	10YR 2/2	10YR 2/2	5YR 4/1	5YR 4/1	N3	5YR 2/1	N3	N3	5R 6/2	5R 8/2
NeroVite	N1	N2	N2	N2	N2	N2	N2	N3	N1	N1	N1	N3

Legend
Indoors (body type).
Outdoors for 3 months (italic).

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