Transparent brown

Description

A transparent, dark brown pigment made by roasting green earth to produce a warmer color. Transparent brown, or burnt green earth, is a permanent pigment that is used primarily for glazing.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Verona brown; Veronese brown; burnt green earth; burnt terre verte; gebrannte grüne Erde (Deut.); terre verte brûlée (Fr.)

Authority

• 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)

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