green · Oil and Watercolor

Chromium Oxide Green

A dull, opaque green. Close to the color of a lot of real foliage.

IndexPG17

Color#4A6B3E

Tinting strength5/10

Opacityopaque

Lightfastnessexcellent

Dryingaverage

Middling strength: it mixes politely and does not take over.

With white, step by step

pure #4A6B3E 6:1 #557647 3:1 #5D7F4F 2:1 #648755 1:1 #739664 1:2 #87A977 1:3 #94B484 1:6 #AAC59B pure #F8F7F3

From pure Chromium Oxide Green on the left to titanium white on the right. Watch how much chroma you lose on the way — that is the cost of lightening with white, and the reason a tint often needs a trace of something warm putting back.

What to mix it with

These are the partners that take Chromium Oxide Green furthest towards neutral, which makes them the ones you reach for when you need a shadow or a gray rather than a color.

with Dioxazine Purple quietest point #444645 with Mars Black quietest point #201E1D with Zinc White quietest point #FBFAF7 with Titanium White quietest point #F8F7F3 with Ivory Black quietest point #252220 with Payne’s Gray quietest point #314043

Every pair

Titanium White Zinc White Lemon Yellow Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Deep Yellow Ochre Raw Sienna Naples Yellow Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Deep Alizarin Crimson (permanent) Quinacridone Rose Indian Red Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Cerulean Blue Phthalo Blue Prussian Blue Phthalo Green Viridian Dioxazine Purple Ivory Black Mars Black Payne’s Gray

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