Six's technique

The Six technique, also Sixsche technique is a special form of Greek vase painting. In this painting were on the black glossy slip before firing the vessels, the figures in dull colors - white, brown and red - and applied by incising. This technique is the exact reverse of the black-figure vase painting, yet differs in the execution significantly different from the red-figure vase painting.

Originally Sixsche technique was used only for smaller vases, towards the end of the 6th century BC probably led the potter Nikosthenes the technique in his workshop for larger image carrier a.

Named this technique is named after the Dutch archaeologist Jan Six.