Rublev Colours Antica Green Earth is an olive green earth of hydrated iron potassium silicate, known as green earth or terre verte. Our Antica Green Earth is a warm green earth from northern Italy near Prun in Verona.
Rublev Colours Antica Green Earth Watercolor
Note: Colors swatches are shown in mass tone, at top, mixed with an equal amount of water and brushed out toward the bottom. All pictures of color swatches in this web site are only approximations of the actual color of the watercolor paint. We have taken every care to match the color in these pictures on calibrated color monitors to the actual color. However, because of the wide variance in color monitors the results you get may vary.
| Color Information | |
| Single Pigment: | Green Earth |
| Binder: | Gum Arabic |
| Pigment Information | |
| Color: | Green |
| Colour Index: | Pigment Green 23 (77009) |
| Chemical Name: | Hydrated Iron Potassium Silicate |
| Chemical Formula: | K(Mg,Fe)(Fe,Al)Si4O10(OH)2 |
| Properties | |
| ASTM Lightfastness: | I |
| Opacity: | Semi-Transparent |
| Tinting Strength: | Low |
| Staining: | Low |
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NotesNote: Some separation of pigment and medium may occur in Rublev Colours Watercolors and is a natural process when no stabilizers are added to paint to prevent this from occurring.