Pigments through the Ages

              
/ green erth /
Green earth 
 
   

     
 

  1.  Overview  
  2. History
of use
 
  3. Making the
pigment
 
  4. Technical
details
 
  
  How Green earth is made:
        
Source:
Glauconite or celadonite (at Mineralogy Database)


Natural variety of pigment
Grinding of the natural material

  The ground pigment:   
        
Pile of ground Green earth:


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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