Difference between revisions of "Hooker's green"
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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A medium green pigment formerly composed of a mixture of [ | + | 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 12:35, 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
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000
- 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"