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*Miśravaṛṇa* or mixed colours are also enumerated in some of the texts which are attained by mixing two or three colouring materials or pigments. Red lead mixed with white conch powder gives the colour of red lotus. Red lac mixed with conchpowder gives the colour of boraśva (golden brown). Honey colour is obtained by mixing red chalk with conch powder. Haritāla and śankha were mixed to give the shade of boraśva. Lampblack with conch powder gives a smoky grey colour. Indigo (nīlī) mixed with conch white gives pigeon grey colour. Rājāvarta with conch powder gives the tint of atasīpuṣpa. Indigo with yellow orpiment becomes green. Red chalk when mixed with yellow orpiment becomes lighter in shade. Lampblack mixed with red chalk takes a darker shade. Lampblack with lac attains pink colour and with indigo attains violet colour (Śiv. R. VI.2. 35-41).