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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
1) A commercial green colorant that is usually prepared by mixing [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cadmium%20yellow cadmium yellow] with chromium oxide ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=viridian viridian]).  
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1) A commercial green colorant that is usually prepared by mixing [[cadmium yellow]] with chromium oxide ([[viridian]]).  
  
2) An alternative combination green color sold under this name in Britain contained a mixture of cadmium yellow and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=phthalocyanine%20green phthalocyanine green]. In the United States, this mixture was sold under the name permanent green.
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2) An alternative combination green color sold under this name in Britain contained a mixture of cadmium yellow and [[phthalocyanine green]]. In the United States, this mixture was sold under the name permanent green.
  
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==
 
== Synonyms and Related Terms ==

Revision as of 12:36, 9 January 2014

Description

1) A commercial green colorant that is usually prepared by mixing Cadmium yellow with chromium oxide (Viridian).

2) An alternative combination green color sold under this name in Britain contained a mixture of cadmium yellow and Phthalocyanine green. In the United States, this mixture was sold under the name permanent green.

Synonyms and Related Terms

permanent green; verde de cadmio (Esp.); vert de cadmium (Fr.); verde bario (It.); verde de cádmio (Port.)

Hazards and Safety

Toxic by inhalation and ingestion.

Authority

  • R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966 Comment: p. 100
  • 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)

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