Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640 in English Translation

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Purple color

Painters make it beautifully by first applying an undercoat of ordinary azur, or better yet azure enamel, and then they glaze it with lacquer, which will be more appropriate for this if you mix in alum, which will give it a violet tint depending on the quantity that you mix in.