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Transparent colour originally made from ground cobalt glass and used in 16th and 17th century European paintings in place of Ultramarine.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...
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...
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...
The higher iron content in this single pigment paint gives it more of a reddish brown quality, clearly on the fringe it retains just enough of the amber tone to be included in the yellow family.
