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LAKE COLOURS

Lake colours are pigments prepared by precipitating soluble organic dyes on to a mineral base such as alumina, Paris white or China clay and fixing them chemically to form an insoluble compound. Lake colours were widely used during the Middle Ages but tend to fade when exposed to sunlight.
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