Mummy brown, also known as Egyptian brown or Caput Mortuum, is a shade of brown with good transparency, sitting between burnt umber and raw umber in tint. Its bituminous pigment was made from the flesh of mummies mixed with white pitch and myrrh.
Mummy brown, also known as Egyptian brown or Caput Mortuum, is a shade of brown with good transparency, sitting between burnt umber and raw umber in tint. Its bituminous pigment was made from the flesh of mummies mixed with white pitch and myrrh.
Source: Wikipedia "Mummy brown" · CC BY-SA 4.0
Share this article: X · Bluesky