Stoneground - Nicosia Green Earth (Earth Colour - Half Pan)

Nicosia Green Earth is sourced from deposits in southeastern Cyprus, near the capital city of Nicosia. This pigment is a green earth composed of hydrated iron potassium silicate, a pigment derived from the minerals celadonite and glauconite.

Green earth pigments were widely used in the under paintings of human flesh during the Medieval and Renaissance periods. A cool, green earth, Nicosia Green Earth is useful in portrait, landscape, and botanical paintings.

• Lightfast
  

• Permanent

• Non-toxic

• Non-staining

• Semi-granular

• Semi-transparent

• Pigment Number: PG23