Terre Verte
Terre Verte (hue) is a Series 1 semi-transparent color. It has a masstone of neutral cool green, with a similar neutral cool green undertone. This color is available in 80ml, 250ml and 500ml sizes.
Color Detail
Masstone
Undertone
Blended with Titanium White
Washed with water
Color Comparisons
Comparing Terre Verte / Chromium Oxide Green / Forest Green
The first three swatches show these three colours in succession tinted with White. Terre Verte is sometimes used as the underpainting colour callled “grisaille” underpainting colour in figure painting. Chromium Green Oxide is a very neutral greyish green and can be boosted with brighter colours to take it in a warm or cool direction while making use of the opacity that it offers. Forest Green is probably the most “naturalistic” of the greens shown on our colour chart and is therefore popular in landscape painting. The two long swatches at the bottom of this page show Forest Green and Terre Verte being used transparently.
Chromium Green Oxide with white
Forest Green with white
Terre Verte with white
Forest Green
Terre Verte
Color Information
- Chemical Description: Mixed Pigments
- Pigment Type: Inorganic Raw Sienna, Organic Pthalo Blue (Green Shade)
- Lightfastness: 1
- Permanency: Excellent
- Pigment Strength: Medium
- Colour Index Name: PR 7, PB 15.3
- Opacity or Transparency: Semi Transparent
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