Chrome Yellow Bookcloth

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19th-century bookcloth colored with chrome yellow pigment may range from deep, bright, or olive greens (achieved by mixing chrome yellow with various percentages of Prussian blue) to yellows, oranges, and browns.

Orange and yellow hues of chrome yellow bookcloth. Courtesy, Winterthur Library, Printed Book and Periodical Collection