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Materials for Ceramics

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Stain (purple, lilac, violet)

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Colorant
Metallic based materials that impart fired color to glazes and bodies.

Mechanisms

Glaze Color	Some of these pigments are made of chrome-tin pink and cobalt. Sufficient calcium is needed in the host glaze to support the "red" side of the mixture or it may fire blue.

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