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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
A medium green pigment formerly composed of a mixture of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Prussian%20blue Prussian blue] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gamboge gamboge]. Hooker's green of this composition discolored in sunlight when the gamboge faded. A more recent permanent mixture called Hooker's green is composed of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=phthalocyanine%20green phthalocyanine green] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Hansa%20yellow Hansa yellow] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cobalt%20yellow cobalt yellow]. For oil colors, mixtures of Prussian blue and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cadmium%20yellow cadmium yellow] produce a similar hue.
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A medium green pigment formerly composed of a mixture of [[Prussian blue]] and [[gamboge]]. Hooker's green of this composition discolored in sunlight when the gamboge faded. A more recent permanent mixture called Hooker's green is composed of [[phthalocyanine green]] and [[Hansa yellow]] or [[cobalt yellow]]. For oil colors, mixtures of Prussian blue and [[cadmium yellow]] produce a similar hue.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 13:35, 16 January 2014

Description

A medium green pigment formerly composed of a mixture of Prussian blue and Gamboge. Hooker's green of this composition discolored in sunlight when the gamboge faded. A more recent permanent mixture called Hooker's green is composed of Phthalocyanine green and Hansa yellow or Cobalt yellow. For oil colors, mixtures of Prussian blue and Cadmium yellow produce a similar hue.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Prussian green

Authority

  • R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
  • Reed Kay, The Painter's Guide To Studio Methods and Materials, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1983
  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
  • Book and Paper Group, Paper Conservation Catalog, AIC, 1984, 1989
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
  • The Dictionary of Art, Grove's Dictionaries Inc., New York, 1996 Comment: "Pigments"
  • Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Oxford University Press, Oxford, Vol. 3, 1997 Comment: B.Berrie, "Prussian Blue"

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