Pigments through the Ages

              
/ green erth /
Green earth
 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  Brief description of Green earth:   
       Natural green pigment varying in compostion and in shades of color. It has low hiding power but is unaffected by light or chemicals. 

  Names for Green earth:   
        
Pronounciation:
green erth
Non-English names:
 German  
 
 French  
 
 Italian 
 Grüne Erde 
 terre verte 
 terra verde 
Chemical name:
complex aluminosilicate minerals

A painted swatch of Green earth:

  

  Source of Green earth:   
        

Glauconite or celadonite (at Mineralogy Database)


Other greens        
(intro) - Cobalt green - copper resinate - Emerald green - Green earth - malachite      
verdigris - viridian        

 Sections:  

  purples  

  blues  

  greens  

  yellows  

  oranges  

  reds  

  whites  

  browns  

  blacks  

    
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