Derivan Matisse Fluid Acrylic: Chromium Green Oxide 135ml

• Chemical Description: Anhydrous chromium sesquioxide

• Pigment Numbers: PG17

• Lightfastness Rating: ASTM I

• Pigment Opacity: Opaque

• Paint Opacity: Opaque

• Series 2

Chromium Green Oxide is a warm mid green color well liked by artists. It is one of the top 2 or 3 pigments as far as lightfastness goes. It is very much a French color. The element chromium was discovered by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin in 1797 which lead to his identification of Chromium Green Oxide in 1807 but was not until 1838 when a practical process for making the pigment was developed by Parisian color maker Pannetier who kept his methods secret.