The base for grease paints is 2 parts of clarified lard or cocoanut fat mixed with 1 part of white wax; or vaseline or paraffin wax may be used. Grease paint is put up in cylinders about 4in. long and Jin. in diameter, and in making a stick of flesh-tinted paint, pigments in the following small quantities will be required. No. 1 tint, deepest: As much vermilion as will cover a sixpence. No. 2 tint, medium: One-third larger quantity of a mixture of equal parts of vermilion and zinc white. No. 3 tint, palest: Same quantity as No. 2 of a mixture of 1 part of vermilion and 2 parts of zinc white. In mixing the colours with the base, warm the latter and rub in the pigments with a palette knife; force into a tube, which is to serve as the mould, and when cold, push out the grease paint with a round piece of wood and wrap in tinfoil. Another way of making flesh-tinted paint is to mix together 3 dr. of vermilion, 2 dr. of tincture of saffron, 5 dr. of powdered orris root, 20 dr. of precipitated chalk, 20 dr. of oxide of zinc, 20 gr. of camphor, 20 minims of oil of peppermint, 1 dr. of bouquet essence, and sufficient almond oil to form a paste. Brown qrease paint - Melt 6 parts of cacao butter or other base, mix in 1 part of burnt umber, and when nearly cold add 5 drops of oil of neroli.

Also see under yellow, below. Deep red grease paint - Make into a paste, with sufficient almond oil, 15 dr. each of oxide of zinc, sub-nitrate of bismuth, and plumbate of alumina; colour with 30 gr. of carmine dissolved in so minims of water of ammonia, and perfume with 12 minims of oil of peppermint, 12 gr. of camphor, and 1 1/2dr. of bouquet essence. Rose colour grease paint - Colour the lard and wax base with madder lake. White grease paint -Mix together loz. each of oxide of zinc, subnitrate of bismuth, and plumbate of alumina, and 5dr. or 6dr. of almond oil. This paste is perfumed by incorporating with 12 gr. of camphor, 12 minims of oil of peppermint, and 1 dr. of bouquet essence. Yellow grease paint - Incorporate equal parts of yellow ochre, precipitated chalk, and oxide of zinc, and make into sticks with mutton suet or the base given above; for pale yellow, use more oxide of zinc; for brown paint use burnt umber, and for blue use ultramarine instead of yellow ochre. Grease paints containing bismuth injure the skin.