A-Z of Colours 🌈

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Rust

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Silver

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Tourmaline

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Ultramarine

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Viridian

A history of viridian

Hydrated chromium oxide is an intense green pigment with a bluish hue, more commonly known in the English-speaking world as viridian. Viridian comes from the Latin viridis meaning “green, blooming, vigorous”. This may seem at odds with its unnatural appearance but when mixed with yellow, orange, or red it gives life to an impressive range of natural greens. This makes viridian a versatile staple for many artists to this day.

Viridian emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century, along with many other synthetic pigments, such as cobalt blue and cadmium yellow. While chromium, the key component, was discovered in 1797, the first preparation of viridian is credited to the Frenchman Pannetier and his assistant Binet in around 1838.

Unfortunately, Pannetier’s green was over a hundred times more expensive than other already pricey pigments on the market. Twenty years later Guignet patented a cheaper method for manufacture, which greatly increased its popularity. Once viridian, also known as Guignet’s green, became more affordable, it was a popular choice for the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists.

(Winsor & Newton)

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Wine

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Xanadu green with light grey undertone. Had to look that one up.

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yellow submarine

Named after and inspired by the famous Beatles song of the same name, Yellow Submarine is a fairly straightforward shade of yellow with a dash of orange-brown and gray in order to give the color a vintage, retro look.

Yellow Submarine
Hex #E8D233 
RGB 232, 210, 51
CMYK 0, 9, 78, 9

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Zinc

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Amber

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Burgundy

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Crimson

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dark blue

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Ecru

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Flame red

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Quartile

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G?

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Green

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My post didn't go up at the right time, nevermind, I'll wait for Q to come back around!

Hegarty

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Icterine