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I’m continuing my journey around the colour wheel, testing out colour mixes to see what colours are worth including on my palette. I’m currently looking at several different greens, and today I’m comparing terre verte hue and chromium oxide green.
Watch me compare the two colours on my YouTube channel.
Terre verte hue
Terre verte hue means green earth. The Golden version is a hue, which means it isn’t the original pigments – it’s more modern pigments that mimic the older version. The traditional version can really range in colour from a blue-green to a yellowy-olive green. It’s been used by artists since the middle ages. I use the Golden version when I want a painting where the greens are quite muted, since it has a range of five pigments to mimic terre verte. I wouldn’t keep it as a permanent part of my palette, but it is a great choice on occasion. Interestingly, one of the pigments used to create it is chromium oxide green, which is the other colour I’m mixing today.
Chromium oxide green
I started using Chromium oxide green last year, when I was taking a course. The instructor loves using it on his palette as a convenience green, and I have to agree that it’s pretty useful. It’s a sagey green, when on it’s own can seem quite a mossy colour. Mixed with other colours, you can produce quite a wide variety of greens, so it’s great if you’re a landscape artist.
Mixing greens
Let’s get mixing and see a sample of what these two colours can produce. I used the following colours as part of my mixing palette:
- Cadmium lemon
- Cadmium-free yellow medium
- Phthalo blue (green)
- Ultramarine blue
- Quinacridone magenta
- Cadmium red
- Cadmium orange
- Dioxazine purple
Final thoughts
I prefer the colour of terre verte hue out of the tube over chromium oxide green. Unfortunately, terre verte hue is too translucent for my preference. It’s tinting power is also quite low. It’d probably work well if you’re using it to glaze. I definitely prefer the opacity of chromium oxide green, which seems to be a pretty valuable green for my palette.
Learn more
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