Difference between revisions of "Permanent green"

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An unstandardized pigment name for a yellowish-green color. Permanent green was originally used for mixtures of a green pigment (Viridian and later Phthalocyanine green or Chromic oxide) with a yellow pigment (Cadmium yellow). Another recipe for permanent green is made by mixing Prussian blue with Zinc yellow.

cadmium green

May be toxic.

R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966

R. Mayer, The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, Viking Press, New York, 1981

Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)

Maximilian Toch, Paint, Paintings and Restoration, D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1945 Comment: p.117

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 == Description ==
-An unstandardized pigment name for a yellowish-green color. Permanent green was originally used for mixtures of a green pigment ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=viridian viridian] and later [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=phthalocyanine%20green phthalocyanine green] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=chromic%20oxide chromic oxide]) with a yellow pigment ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cadmium%20yellow cadmium yellow]). Another recipe for permanent green is made by mixing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Prussian%20blue Prussian blue] with [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=zinc%20yellow zinc yellow].
+An unstandardized pigment name for a yellowish-green color. Permanent green was originally used for mixtures of a green pigment ([[viridian|viridian]] and later [[phthalocyanine%20green|phthalocyanine green]] or [[chromic%20oxide|chromic oxide]]) with a yellow pigment ([[cadmium%20yellow|cadmium yellow]]). Another recipe for permanent green is made by mixing [[Prussian%20blue|Prussian blue]] with [[zinc%20yellow|zinc yellow]].
 == Synonyms and Related Terms ==