Cyprian green earth
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Description
A yellowish-green, permanent earth pigment mined from high quality deposits on Cyprus.
See Green earth.
Synonyms and Related Terms
green earth; terra verde di Cipro (It.)
Resources and Citations
- C. Grissom, "Green Earth", Artists Pigments, Volume 1, R. Feller (ed.); Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1986.
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000