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ENGLISH GREEN [1 record]

Record 1 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)
DEF

Copper aceto-arsenite. The most brilliant of greens, very difficult to match ...

CONT

... now universally rejected because some common varieties are not light-proof, because it is a dangerous poison, and because mixtures of emerald green with several other pigments will darken on short exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
OBS

Tonalité : de vert jaune à vert bleu. Origine : minéral. Nature chimique : acétate de cuivre et arsénite de cuivre. Peu fixe, peu solide, couvrant, très toxique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pigmentos y colores (Artes)
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