Description
- Phthalo Green is a transparent, cool, bright, high intensity color used in oil and acrylics.
- It comes from a Phthalocyanine Blue pigment where most of the hydrogen atoms have been replaced with chlorine, forming highly stable molecules.
- It has similar pigment properties and permanence to Phthalo Blue.
- It is slow drying and an excellent base color for mixing a range of bright greens.
- Phthalo Green is considered a very good alternative to Viridian because it is intense and mixes well and can be used to emphasize mineral colors in various tints.
- However, its tinting strength is very high, so it can overpower other colors.
- This pigment most closely resembles the discontinued and toxic Verdigris.
- This bright blue-green was developed in 1935 and has been in use since 1938.