Terre Verte
Inorganic, Natural Earth - Green Earth, a complex of ferrous silicates in aluminium and magnesium clays, is one of the few naturally occurring inorganic pigments still offered by colourmen. It has a soft texture with very low tint power and is beloved by portraitists who use it as a glaze over Alizarin Crimson hues. Some makers add other pigments in order to give it a spuriously enhanced tint power, which depletes these qualities; I don’t. A popular trick is to use a little Terre Verte under the portrait subject’s nose to get red-coloured cheeks to play up as a complementary colour!
Terre Verte is a single-pigment Michael Harding oil colour made with PG23 (Inorganic).
It is semi-transparent, excellent lightfastness, average drying time, very low tinting strength.
It is ground in linseed oil with average oil content.
- Code
- No. 115
- Series
- Series 1
- Pigment Index
- PG23
- Pigment Type
- Inorganic
- Oil / Vehicle
- Linseed Oil
- Sizes
- 40ml · 60ml · 225ml, 1L, 2.5L, 5L
- Lightfastness
- Excellent
- Opacity
- Semi-Transparent
- Drying
- Average
- Oil Content
- Average
- Tint Power
- Very Low
- Toxicity
- Non-Toxic
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Preview how Terre Verte behaves when mixed, toned, shaded and glazed. Each swatch is computed from the masstone using a perceptual subtractive model - an approximation for guidance, not a formulation guarantee.
Terre Verte straight from the tube.
A thin wash over white.
Mixed with Titanium White.
Mixed with a mid neutral grey.
Darkened with a chromatic black.
A thin transparent film over white.
Popular combinations
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Open Terre Verte in Mixing StudioWhat pigment is used in Terre Verte?
Terre Verte is made with PG23.
Is Terre Verte a single-pigment colour?
Yes. Terre Verte uses a single pigment (PG23), so its behaviour stays consistent and predictable on the palette.
Is Terre Verte transparent or opaque?
Terre Verte is semi-transparent.
Is Terre Verte lightfast?
Terre Verte has excellent lightfastness.
Is Terre Verte vegan?
Yes. Terre Verte contains no animal-derived ingredients and is suitable for vegan artists.
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