Green earth is best known as the under painting of flesh in medieval painting. To recreate this colour GOLDEN blends six different colours, then reduces opacity with gel medium to match all of the properties of historical Terre Verte.
Historical azurite, from copper carbonate minerals, lacks the stability and durability required for modern painting, this mixture affordably approximates azurite's deep greenish blue.
Transparent colour originally made from ground cobalt glass and used in 16th and 17th century European paintings in place of Ultramarine. Historically Smalt loses colour over time, but this modern...
Production of the beautiful barium-based pigment ceased in the early 1990's due to environmental and safety concerns, this modern mixture approximates the richness of manganese safely and...
Guignet of Paris patented the process for manufacturing Viridian Green in 1859. The popularity of this bright, exceedingly clear blue-green colour led some to believe that it could eventually...
Natural Iron-Oxide is the basis for this single-pigment colour, named after the region in Italy where it was first mined. Raw Sienna retains more of its yellowish colour because is created prior to...
