Saturated trough value, never paper-white.
Book-arts field note · Istanbul lineages · c. 1600 onward
Colour behaves like liquid.
Earth pigments float over a deep indigo size bath, pulled into ochre veins and malachite turns by the comb.
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Horsehair brush, gum bath, lifted sheet: each impression remains singular.
Floating pigment map
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Zırnık warmth threads the dark field.
Soft bloom borders replace hard boxes.